Minneapolis Institute of Art
Red and White Tale of Genji, vol. 4: Festival of the Cherry Blossoms
Okumura MasanobuLinkedCulture matchlcp-0ff924c5b778
- Date
- 1709
- Medium
- Woodblock printed book, ink on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 122095
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
By the early 1700s, when this printed version of The Tale of Genji was published, very few people could understand the complex written language in which the original tale had been written 700 years earlier. For this illustrated and modernized version of the tale, Okumura Masanobu wrote in a manner that reflected Japanese as it was spoken in the early 1700s. The text was rendered freely, placing emphasis on conveying the meaning rather than offering a verbatim presentation of the original tale. Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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