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A New Translation of The Tale of Genji (Shin’yaku Genji monogatari) by Yosano Akiko
Illustrated by Nakazawa Hiromitsu Japanese
Not on view
The prolific poet, fiction writer, and essayist Yosano Akiko (1878–1942) transformed Genji into a modern “novel” (shōsetsu) in her vernacular Japanese translation. The books are adorned with vibrant cover designs and illustrations by the artist Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874–1964), a proponent of the “new woodblock print” (shin-hanga) movement, which combined Edo-period printing traditions with a Western art sensibility.
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