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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.352.1.C
Title
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 1, The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari gajō
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
Muromachi period, dated 1516
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190939

Physical Descriptions

Medium
The first of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 24.2 cm x W. 36.4 cm (9 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.352.1.C
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anne Rose Kitagawa, "Behind the Scenes of Harvard's Tale of Genji album", Apollo, Vol. CLIV No. 477, November 2001, p. 34 / Fig. 7
  • Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)

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