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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.352.39.B
People
Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō, Japanese (1456 - 1532)
Title
Evening Mist (Yūgiri), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 39 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Yūgiri
Classification
Calligraphy
Work Type
calligraphy, 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/199881

Physical Descriptions

Medium
The thirty-nineth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 24.3 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/4 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
1985.352.39.B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 56
  • Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)

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