- "Tenarai” (Writing Practice) from The Tale of Genji - Dog Signed: Artist's seal "Koto" on

Signed: Artist's seal "Koto" on the lower left corner of the image

one figure opens its mouth to form the sound “A

from the gentle ripple of their fins to the fine

unconditional love between a mother and her kitten

which is a symbol of Asakusa

- "Tenarai” (Writing Practice) from The Tale of Genji - Dog Signed: Artist's seal "Koto" onThe remarkable print Tenarai (Writing Practice) from The Tale of Genji is by Kaoru Saito. The Tale of Genji is a renowned work of Japanese literature written by Murasaki Shikibu in the early 11th century during the Heian period. The novel depicts the life of Hikaru Genji, the son of an emperor, and offers an intimate portrayal of the aristocratic society of the time. Behind the story depicted in this image Ukifune was found unresponsive at the base of