A Collection of Japanese Paintings (Yamato e-zukushi)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Collection of Japanese Paintings (Yamato e-zukushi)

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

Date
1680
Medium
Woodblock printed book, sumizuri-e
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

In this volume are twenty illustrations of classic Japanese subjects drawn from literature. The illustration on display is a scene from the Tales of Ise, in which the poet Ariwara no Narihira carries away the priestess of Ise Shrine on his back.

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Object type
AAT300028051

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