Japanese (c. 1434 - c. 1525)
The Perfumed Prince (Niou Miya), Illustration to Chapter 42 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), Muromachi period, dateble to 1509-1510
Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Niou Miya
Painting
, Album Leaf
Japanese
, 16th century
Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Creation Place:
Kyôto, Kyôto Metropolitan Area, Japan
The forty-second 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
, 1985.352.42.A
Department of Asian Art
, Description
The procession of carts belonging to Yûgiri, Niou, the Fourth & Fifth Princes, and Kaoru from the New Year’s Archery Meet to Rokujo for a victory banquet.
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. 35
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. 3 / p. 82 with detail on p. 84
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. 3 / p. 82 with detail on p. 84
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