Koubai　紅梅

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A pictorial subject taken from "The Rose Plum" Koubai (red plum blossoms), Chapter 43 of GENJI MONOGATARI 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji). Koubai is a younger brother of the late *Kashiwagi 柏木 and the husband of *Makibashira 真木柱, the widow of Prince Hotaru, Hyoubukyou no Ｍiya 兵部卿宮 by whom she had one daughter. "The Rose Plum" chapter centers around Prince Niou's (see *Niou no Miya 匂宮) interest in this princess. The most frequently depicted scene shows Koubai's young son at the royal palace, waiting with a branch of red plum blossoms and a letter from his father to present to Niou.

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