Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

1600s

Maker Unknown

Japanese Art

Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji, 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Double-sided accordion-style album of 17 leaves; ink, light color, and gold on paper; each leaf: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); painting only: 17 x 20.6 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vera Sterne in memory of her husband, Maurice Sterne 1961.202 The illustrations are identified by chapter title in cartouches to the upper right of the paintings.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Bound Volume
Formatted Medium: Double-sided accordion-style album of 17 leaves; ink, light color, and gold on paper
Medium: double-sided, accordion-style, album, leaves, ink, light, color, gold, paper
Dimensions: Each leaf: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Painting only: 17 x 20.6 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1961.202
Credit Line: Gift of Vera Sterne in memory of her husband, Maurice Sterne
Exhibitions: Year in Review (1961), Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
Rights Statement: CC0