Harvard Art Museums > 1985.352.A: The "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō), Part 1 Paintings with Calligraphy Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō), Part 1 , 1985.352.A,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 20, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/324809. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.352.A Title The "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō), Part 1 Other Titles Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari gajō Classification Paintings with Calligraphy Work Type album Date Muromachi period, remounted in 17th c. and again in 1998-99 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto Period Muromachi period, 1392-1568 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/324809 Physical Descriptions Medium First of two albums, each containing twenty-seven paired paintings & calligraphic excerpts, this one mounted with a later frontispiece at the beginning Dimensions Closed: H. 34.1 x W. 44.9 x D. 14.7 cm (13 7/16 x 17 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Museums, 1985. 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.A Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018) Exhibition History Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 15th-19th Centuries, Japan Society, New York, 10/17/2002 - 12/31/2002 The Millennium of the Tale of Genji, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, 04/26/2008 - 06/08/2008 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/31/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2015 - 11/29/2015 The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 03/05/2019 - 06/16/2019 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Objects Object Number 1985.352.24.B Artist Son'ō Jugō Title Butterflies (Kochō), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 24 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.20.B Artist Konoe Hisamichi Title The Bluebell (Asagao), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 20 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.4.B Artist Jōhōji Kōjo Title The Twilight Beauty (Yūgao), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 4 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.19.B Artist Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō Title Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 19 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.8.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En), Illustration to Chapter 8 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.13.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Akashi, Illustration to Chapter 13 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.22.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura), Illustration to Chapter 22 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.27.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Cressets (Kagaribi), Illustration to Chapter 27 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.8.B Artist Konoe Hisamichi Title Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 8 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.9.B Artist Sanjōnishi Sanetaka Title Heart-to-Heart (Aoi), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 9 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.18.B Artist Son'ō Jugō Title Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 18 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.7.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Illustration to Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.17.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Picture Contest (Eawase), Illustration to Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.21.B Artist Sanjōnishi Sanetaka Title The Maidens (Otome), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 21 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.25.B Artist Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō Title The Fireflies (Hotaru), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 25 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.26.B Artist Konoe Hisamichi Title The Pink (Tokonatsu), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 26 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.20.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Bluebell (Asagao), Illustration to Chapter 20 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.10.B Artist Jōhōji Kōjo Title The Green Branch (Sakaki), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 10 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.17.B Artist Reizei Tamehiro Title The Picture Contest (Eawase), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 17 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.12.B Artist Son'ō Jugō Title Suma, Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 12 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.13.B Artist Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō Title Akashi, Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 13 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.22.B Artist Jōhōji Kōjo Title The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 22 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.23.B Artist Reizei Tamehiro Title The Warbler’s First Song (Hatsune), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 23 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.55 Artist Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起 Title Landscape with Murasaki Shikibu writing at Ishiyamadera (Frontispiece to an album containing 54 illustrations and calligraphic excerpts from the Tale of Genji) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.5.B Artist Reizei Tamehiro Title Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.7.B Artist Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō Title Beneath the Autumn Leaves (Momiji no Ga), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 7 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.27.B Artist Sanjōnishi Sanetaka Title The Cressets (Kagaribi), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 27 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.5.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki), Illustration to Chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.19.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo), Illustration to Chapter 19 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.24.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Butterflies (Kochō), Illustration to Chapter 24 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.10.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Green Branch (Sakaki), Illustration to Chapter 10 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352 Artist Illustrations by Tosa Mitsunobu Title Tale of Genji Album (Genji monogatari gajō) of Illustrations and Calligraphic Excerpts (Two Volumes) Classification Paintings with Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.6.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Safflower (Suetsumuhana), Illustration to Chapter 6 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.9.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Heart-to-Heart (Aoi), Illustration to Chapter 9 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.15.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title A Waste of Weeds (Yomogiu), Illustration to Chapter 15 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.16.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title At the Pass (Sekiya), Illustration to Chapter 16 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.18.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Wind in the Pines (Matsukaze), Illustration to Chapter 18 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.21.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Maidens (Otome), Illustration to Chapter 21 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.23.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Warbler’s First Song (Hatsune), Illustration to Chapter 23 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.26.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Pink (Tokonatsu), Illustration to Chapter 26 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.11.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Falling Flowers (Hanachirusato), Illustration to Chapter 11 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.14.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi (Miotsukushi), Illustration to Chapter 14 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.25.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Fireflies (Hotaru), Illustration to Chapter 25 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.12.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title Suma, Illustration to Chapter 12 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.1.B Artist Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnō Title The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.6.B Artist Son'ō Jugō Title The Safflower (Suetsumuhana), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 6 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.14.B Artist Konoe Hisamichi Title The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi (Miotsukushi), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 14 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.15.B Artist Sanjōnishi Sanetaka Title A Waste of Weeds (Yomogiu), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 15 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.16.B Artist Jōhōji Kōjo Title At the Pass (Sekiya), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 16 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.2.B Artist Konoe Hisamichi Title The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 2 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.3.B Artist Sanjōnishi Sanetaka Title The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 3 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.11.B Artist Reizei Tamehiro Title Falling Flowers (Hanachirusato), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 11 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Calligraphy Object Number 1985.352.4.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Twilight Beauty (Yūgao), Illustration to Chapter 4 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.3.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Cicada Shell (Utsusemi), Illustration to Chapter 3 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.1.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Paulownia Pavilion (Kiritsubo), Illustration to Chapter 1 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) Classification Paintings Object Number 1985.352.2.A Artist Tosa Mitsunobu Title The Broom Tree (Hahakigi), Illustration to Chapter 2 of the Tale of Genji (Genji 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