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
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