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Click on an image to enlarge it.  Use the "Back" button to return to this index. Notice that some of these pictures are watercolors from the first Tale of Genji. Others are woodblock prints in black and white. Some are multi-color block prints from the 1700-1800's. A few are more modern reproductions of what the early watercolors looked like before they faded.

Servants combing a lady's hair	Hair combing from The Tale of Genji	Lady playing the koto	Genji visits his sick wife	Genji
Gentlemen drinking	Moon viewing	Sitting on the veranda	Overhearing through thin walls	Messenger wearing baggy pants
Kiyomizu Temple complex		Battle of Ichi no Tani	Shooting the fan at Yashima
Ox cart	Viewing the garden	Genji visits his son	Genji watching ladies	Genji watching musicians
Shooting the emperor's fan	Shooting the emperor's fan	Fishermen	Battle of Dan no Ura at Shimonoseki
Lady in kimono	Ladies drinking	Ladies on bridge	Lovers in the garden	Lady sees her lover
Blue kimono	Artisans beat cloth	Merchant	Peasants on water mill	Samurai & servant