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|  Pictorial Subject matter of *yamato-e 
やまと絵 painting. "The Festival of the Cherry Blossom", Chapter 8 of GENJI 
MONOGATARI 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji). Relating the secret affair between Genji 
and the sixth daughter of the Minister of the Right, Oborozukiyo 朧月夜 (literally 
night of the hazy moon), who was being prepared to be married to the crown prince. 
After spending a night together, they exchange fans. Another illustrated scene 
from this chapter is in the mansion of the Minister of the Right several months 
later at the wisteria festival, when they met each other again. Genji takes her 
hand through a crack in the blind and they exchange poems on the misty moon of 
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