Yuugiri　夕霧

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A pictorial subject taken from the "Evening Mist" Yuugiri, Chapter 39 of GENJI MONOGARARI 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji). Yuugiri is the son of Genji and his first wife *Aoi 葵, and the husband of Kumoi no kari 雲井雁 (see *Fuji no uraba 藤裏葉): this chapter concerns Yuugiri's increasing infatuation with and eventual seduction of the Second Princess, Ochiba no Miya 落葉宮, the widow of *Kashiwagi 柏木. Jealous, his wife Kumoi no kari retreats back to her father's house. The two episodes frequently chosen for illustration are: the jealous Kumoi no kari coming upon Yuugiri from behind to snatch away a letter she thinks is from the Second Princess; and Yuugiri visiting the princess at her Ono villa, Ono sansou 小野山荘, standing at the veranda railing and looking at the fall landscape with fan raised to his eyes. The first episode is illustrated in a section of the earliest extant version (early 12c) in the Gotou 五島 Museum.

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