Red and White Tale of Genji, vol. 3b: Autumn Excursion, 1709
Okumura Masanobuexpand_more
Woodblock printed book; ink on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.44.3
Not on Viewexpand_more
By the early 1700s, when this printed version of The Tale of Genji was published, very few people could understand the complex written language in which the original tale had been written 700 years earlier. For this illustrated and modernized version of the tale, Okumura Masanobu wrote in a manner that reflected Japanese as it was spoken in the early 1700s. The text was rendered freely, placing emphasis on conveying the meaning rather than offering a verbatim presentation of the original tale.
Details
- Title
- Red and White Tale of Genji, vol. 3b: Autumn Excursion
- Artist Life
- 1686 - 1764
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.44.3
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 84
- Curator Approved
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