Japanese (c. 1434 - c. 1525)
Young Murasaki (Waka Murasaki), Illustration to Chapter 5 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, dateble to 1509-1510
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Waka Murasaki
Painting
, Album Leaf
Japanese
, 16th century
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Creation Place:
Kyôto, Kyôto Metropolitan Area, Japan
The fifth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper
H. 24.2 cm x W. 18.0 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
, 1985.352.5.A
Department of Asian Art
, Description
Genji peeks in to watch the young Murasaki and her caretakers who fret about some escaped baby sparrows.
Bibliography
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. 26
Anne Rose Kitagawa, "Behind the Scenes of Harvard's Tale of Genji album", Apollo, Apollo Magazine Limited (London, England, November 2001), Vol. CLIV No. 477, p. 32 / Fig. 5 (left)
Aya Ryusawa, Kaiga de tsuzuru Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji through Painting], exh. cat., The Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya, Japan, October 2005), p. 111 / Fig. 2
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. 1 / p. 152 with details on p. 157, 158 & 166
Anne Rose Kitagawa, "Behind the Scenes of Harvard's Tale of Genji album", Apollo, Apollo Magazine Limited (London, England, November 2001), Vol. CLIV No. 477, p. 32 / Fig. 5 (left)
Aya Ryusawa, Kaiga de tsuzuru Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji through Painting], exh. cat., The Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya, Japan, October 2005), p. 111 / Fig. 2
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. 1 / p. 152 with details on p. 157, 158 & 166
Exhibition History
The Millennium of the Tale of Genji, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, 04/26/2008 - 06/08/2008
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