PaintingsJapanese17th century

Story of Princess Joruri in Twelve Chapters (Jūnidan sōshi emaki)

17th century

Classification

Paintings

Medium

One of a pair of handscrolls(?); ink, color and gold on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 30.9 x W. 1008.6 cm (12 3/16 x 397 1/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Paintings

Illustrated Scroll of Bunshō, the Honest Man (Bunshō emaki)

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 17th to early 18th century

Third of a set of 3 handscrolls; ink and color on decorated paper with gold and silver design

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Black and White Monkeys Trying to Catch the Moon

Kano Tsunenobu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Sage with Attendants and Crane under a Plum Tree

Kano Tansetsu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months, with Poems (Jūnigatsu kachō waka)

Mototada, 17th-18th century

Handscroll; ink and color on paper; calligraphy on paper with silver and gold

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Illustrated Story of the Origin of Hashidate (Hashidate no honji), the Shrine at Ama no Hashidate

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, mid 17th century

Second of a pair of handscrolls; ink, color, gold and silver on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Narihira Seeing Smoke on Mount Asama (Episode 8) from the "Tales of Ise" (Ise monogatari)

Tosa School, Late 16th to early 17th century

One of twelve album leaves; ink, color and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Cat with Peonies and Butterflies

Kano Tansetsu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Landscape with Murasaki Shikibu writing at Ishiyamadera (Frontispiece to an album containing 54 illustrations and calligraphic excerpts from the Tale of Genji)

Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起, Early Edo period, circa late 17th century

Frontispiece to an album of 54 (earlier) album leaves illustrating "The Tale of Genji"; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Yang Guifei Presenting the Peach of Immortality to Emperor Xuanzong

Kano Tansetsu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Illustrated Anthology of Ancient and Modern Verse (Kokin wakashū) in Five Volumes

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 1675-1700

Five books bound in brocade: ink and gold ink with light color on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Pair of Quail and Reeds

Kano Tansetsu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Seasonal Genre Scenes (Fūzoku zukan): Summer Scenes Along the Sumida River

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Edo period, circa 1684-1688 (Jōkyō era)

Second of a set of three handscrolls; ink, color and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese