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“Broom Cypress” (Hahakigi), from the Phantom Genji Scrolls (Maboroshi no Genji monogatari emaki)
Not on view
In this sole surviving Phantom Genji scroll from Chapter 2, the “blown-off roof” technique is employed across four sprawling compositions that illustrate Genji’s visit to the Governor of Kii’s residence. Genji moves within the different rooms of the expansive architectural setting as he pursues Utsusemi. Genji is dressed only in under robes with no courtier’s cap, his topknot fully exposed, a new interpretation of the protagonist for the early modern era.
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