1985.352.B: The "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō), Part 2
Paintings with Calligraphy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.352.B
- Title
- The "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō), Part 2
- 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/324906
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Second of two albums, each containing twenty-seven paired paintings & calligraphic excerpts, this one mounted with a later finispiece at the end
- 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.)
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.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)
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