Beauty on a Veranda (“Visiting Kawachi” from the Tales of Ise), early 18th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink, color, and gold on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.100
Not on Viewexpand_more
The “Visiting Kawachi” episode of the classical Tales of Ise tells the story of a mistreated wife whose husband leaves her night after night to visit a mistress. Though aware of his trespasses, the wife nevertheless remains silent, so much so that the philandering husband himself becomes suspicious of her. One night, the man pretends to set out as usual to visit his mistress, but instead hides in bushes nearby to spy on his wife. Unaware of his presence, she steps onto the veranda and recites a poem:
When the winds blow,
White waves rise high at Tatsutayama.
Shall you be crossing the river
Quite alone by night'
Details
- Title
- Beauty on a Veranda (“Visiting Kawachi” from the Tales of Ise)
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.100
- Provenance
- Azabu Museum of Art ('-1998); sold at Christie's New York, Park Avenue, Sale 9044 (AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF JAPANESE UKIYO-E PAINTINGS), 27 October 1998, lot 32, to Mary Burke (1998-2015).
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 227
- Curator Approved
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