Tosa Mitsunobu

Tosa Mitsunobu

Bamboo in the Four Seasons, late 15th–early 16th century

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper

157 × 360 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-111457

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki), Illustration to Chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The fifth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-127855

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Plum Tree Branch (Umegae), Illustration to Chapter 32 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The thirty-second of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128116

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Picture Contest (Eawase), Illustration to Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The seventeenth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-119418

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

At the Pass (Sekiya), Illustration to Chapter 16 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The sixteenth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128101

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

New Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no Uraba), Illustration to Chapter 33 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The thirty-third of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128117

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Cressets (Kagaribi), Illustration to Chapter 27 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twenty-seventh of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128111

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Maidens (Otome), Illustration to Chapter 21 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twenty-first of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128105

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Pink (Tokonatsu), Illustration to Chapter 26 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twenty-sixth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128110

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Bluebell (Asagao), Illustration to Chapter 20 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twentieth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128104

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Typhoon (Nowaki), Illustration to Chapter 28 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twenty-eighth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128112

Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信

The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura), Illustration to Chapter 22 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The twenty-second of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Harvard Art Museums

C24-128106