Japanese (c. 1434 - c. 1525)
The Green Branch (Sakaki), Illustration to Chapter 10 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, dateble to 1509-1510
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Sakaki
Painting
, Album Leaf
Japanese
, 16th century
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Creation Place:
Kyôto, Kyôto Metropolitan Area, Japan
The tenth 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. 18.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
, 1985.352.10.A
Department of Asian Art
, Description
Genji beckons to Rokujo with a branch of the sacred Sakaki tree in hopes of persuading her not to join her daughter as a Shinto priestess at Ise Shrine. Two male attendants are visible near the torii.
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. 27
Melissa McCormick, "Genji Goes West: The 1510 Genji Album and the Visualization of Court and Capital", Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (New York, March 2003), LXXXV No. 1, p. 74 / Fig. 23 (left) & p. 75 / Fig. 24 (detail)
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. 278 with detail on p. 283
Taguchi Eiichi, Sugu wakaru Genji monogatari no kaiga, (Tokyo, 2009), p. 31
Melissa McCormick, "Genji Goes West: The 1510 Genji Album and the Visualization of Court and Capital", Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (New York, March 2003), LXXXV No. 1, p. 74 / Fig. 23 (left) & p. 75 / Fig. 24 (detail)
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. 278 with detail on p. 283
Taguchi Eiichi, Sugu wakaru Genji monogatari no kaiga, (Tokyo, 2009), p. 31
Exhibition History
The Millennium of the Tale of Genji, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, 04/26/2008 - 06/08/2008
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