1985.352.46.A: Beneath the Oak (Shiigamoto), Illustration to Chapter 46 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.352.46.A

People

Tosa Mitsunobu, Japanese (active c. 1469-1522)

Title

Beneath the Oak (Shiigamoto), Illustration to Chapter 46 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Shiigamoto

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, album leaf

Date

Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto

Period

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/199835

Physical Descriptions

Medium

The forty-sixth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions

H. 24.2 cm x W. 18.0 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 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

1985.352.46.A

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kaori Chino, "Tokushû: Genji monogatari gajô - Hâvâdo Daigaku Bijutsukan zô" [Special Issue: The Tale of Genji Album in the Collection of Harvard University Art Museums] (Tokyo, Japan, 1997), p. 36
• Le Dit du Genji de Murasaki-shikibu [The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu]: Illustré par la peinture traditionnelle japonaise du XII au XVII siècle [Illustrated by traditional Japanese painting of the 12th through 17th century], Editions Diane de Selliers (Paris, France, 2007 & 2008), Vol. 3 / p. 148 with details on p. 154 (2), 162 & 166
• Taguchi Eiichi, Sugu wakaru Genji monogatari no kaiga (Tokyo, 2009), p. 129
• Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, Folio Society (2016), vol. 2, ill. opp. p. 901
• "Transformation of the Yamato-e Screens" (Tokyo, Winter 2018), vol. 26, pp. 48-65, p. 63, fig. 10
• Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)

Exhibition History

• Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001

Related Works

• 1985.352.46.C

  Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 46, Beneath the Oak (Shiigamoto)

  Manuscripts

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