Fifty-four Scenes from the Tale of Genji [left of a pair], late 17th century
Attributed to Tosa Mitsuokiexpand_more
Twenty-seven shikishi of painting (ink and color on paper) and twenty-seven shikishi of text (ink on paper), pasted on gilded paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.39.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Pictures and short passages of text brushed on 108 small squares of paper arranged on the surface of these screens represent the entirety of The Tale of Genji, with a text-image pairing for each of the Tale’s 54 chapters. Reading the passages of classical Japanese written in elegant calligraphy or identifying a specific scene from the Tale and recalling the characters and dramas involved could provide hours of fun for the screens’ owners and guests. But the screens also could have served simply as a luxurious backdrop for some gathering.
Details
- Title
- Fifty-four Scenes from the Tale of Genji [left of a pair]
- Artist Life
- 1617 - 1691
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.39.1
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 72
- Curator Approved
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