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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Scenes from The Tale of Genji [left of a pair]
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- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 122089
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Pictures and short passages of text brushed on 108 small squares of paper arranged on the surface of these screens represent the entirety of The Tale of Genji, with a text-image pairing for each of the Tale’s 54 chapters. Reading the passages of classical Japanese written in elegant calligraphy, or identifying a specific scene from the Tale and recalling the characters and dramas involved, could provide hours of fun for the screens’ owners and guests. But the screens could just as easily serve simply as a luxurious gold-and-silver backdrop for a gathering Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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