An interesting series made in collaboration by two great masters of the third quarter of the XIX century, Kunichika and Kunisada II. Kunichika is responsible for the portrait of geisha Karu de Yanigabashi, while Kunisada II painted actor Sawamura Tossho II, here in the role of Hayano Kampei. The title of the series is a play with the word Genji, which can mean modern as well as being a reference to the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari), the great Japanese novel.