Album of paintings and calligraphy depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji
early 17th century
- Medium
- Ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.7 × 20.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-122616
The Tale of Genji, a fifty-four chapter fictional work written in the early eleventh century by court lady Murasaki Shikibu, was a rich source for illustration. The Tale of Genji and other literary classics created in the imperial court of the Heian period (794-1185) figured prominently in the revival of courtly taste in early seventeenth-century Kyoto. Painters of the Tosa school, of which Mitsu…
Provenance
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Registry history
- early 17th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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