Artist: Yamato Wakia
For this week’s blog post, I chose to do it on a painting that directly relates to the character of Murasaki. The artist has his way by using very bright colors such as ‘yellow’, ‘pink’, and ‘orange’ to bring out the beauty in her. These vibrant colors reflect on how pretty Murasaki is but the painting goes a lot deeper into her character and the story. The pink lotus flowers express the love and affection that exists between Murasaki and Genji but also reflects how Genji has been around with many women but shows her the most love. This image shows Murasaki in her younger age when Genji saw her as his ideal wife. The amount of yellow used in this image initially grabs the attention of the audience. Although parts of the image show the affection and love between the two, the large amount of yellow that is surrounding her in the image represents the sorrow and feeling of betrayal by Genji’s actions of sleeping with other women. If you look closely Murasaki’s eyes are gloomy and shows how much she loves Genji but knows that she can’t control his actions and accepts her fate. On the other hand even though she accepts her fate the orange and blue ribbons represent that she will always be loyal to Genji.
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