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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 475299, member: 2844"]The lady wears her hair almost loose in the courtly fashion, so she is aristocratic. The many kimono layers also point in that direction. The gent looks rather important as well.</p><p>It could be a scene from Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) a Japanese 11th century novel. It is still very popular.</p><p>The little texts are probably their names and titles. Genji Monogatari is one of those novels that reads like a phone book, so many characters that you forget who is who. So who these two are?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 475299, member: 2844"]The lady wears her hair almost loose in the courtly fashion, so she is aristocratic. The many kimono layers also point in that direction. The gent looks rather important as well. It could be a scene from Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) a Japanese 11th century novel. It is still very popular. The little texts are probably their names and titles. Genji Monogatari is one of those novels that reads like a phone book, so many characters that you forget who is who. So who these two are?[/QUOTE]
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