Parody of a scene from The Tale of Genji
early 18th century
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 53.4 × 53.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-122944
The Tale of Genji, written in the early eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman of the imperial court, became widely known during the Edo period (1615-1868) through illustrated printed books. By the eighteenth century, when this painting was created, the conventional elements identifying famous episodes were recognizable, even without text. Here a scene from the thirty-fourth chapter of Gen…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- early 18th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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