The lady Ginj? Ginj? (title on object), A woman with very long hair is sitting on a balcony, behind her koto (Japanese string instrument). She puts her long sleeves aside before she starts playing the instrument. Ginj?, or Gij?, is the younger sister of Gi?, both figures appear in the Stories of Heike (Heike monogatari). Ginj? was the mistress of Taira no Kiyomori. This sheet is the right sheet of a triptych. With two poems, dignitary at court - BB - female dignitary: lady-in-waiting, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1823 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 212 mm ⊙ w 184 mm.