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Dimensions
21.7 x 16.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 30, Thoroughwort Flowers (Fujibakama)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 19, Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The nineteenth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
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An Illustrated Popular Story by Shikitei Kosanba (Misao-Kurabe Yasa Gunpai), 1st of 3 volumes
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 26, The Pink (Tokonatsu)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The twenty-sixth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 38, The Bell Cricket (Suzumushi)
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The thirty-eighth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
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