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A pictorial subject based on "Butterflies" Kochou, Chapter 24 of GENJI MONOGATARI ŒΉŽ•¨Œκ (The Tale of Genji). The chapter centers around an elaborate spring banquet at the Rokujou ˜Zπ mansion (see *Otome ‰³—) which is often illustrated, and also Genji's continued pursuit of *Tamakazura ‹Κι‘. Paintings based on this chapter are characterized by dragon and phoenix boats on a garden pond and little girls dancing, dressed as butterflies, holding cherry blossoms and yellow Japanese roses yamabuki ŽR.
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