Cleveland Museum of Art
Portion of Text from the "Wisps of Cloud" (Usugumo) Chapter of The Tale of Genji
- Date
- 1600s-1700s
- Medium
- album leaf; ink on dyed paper with gold
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The calligraphy brushed on this paper, decorated with a cherry tree seen through clouds, narrates a portion of The Tale of Genji . A scene often illustrated in painted albums and later woodblock prints, it describes Genji taking leave of his love, Murasaki, to see the Akashi Lady, his other love, whose daughter, now in Murasaki's care, clings to Genji's hem as he moves to depart. Some say The Tale of Genji is the world's first novel.
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