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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Scenes from the Tale of Genji on Silver Ground [left of a pair]
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- Date
- 18th century
- Medium
- Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink and color on silver leafed paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 117363
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Many Japanese artists employed gold paint and gold leaf on folding screens; instead, the artist of this pair used silver leaf. Over time, silver leaf oxidizes and turns a smoky gray shade while retaining its metallic sheen. The screens present a selection of scenes from The Tale of Genji in no particular order. The upper middle of the left screen, for example, shows 12-year-old Genji at his coming-of-age ceremony. The courtier’s cap he will wear as an adult male rests on a low table before him. The scenes around him and in the right screen are from varying stages of his life. Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture
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