Landscape with Murasaki Shikibu writing at Ishiyamadera (Frontispiece to an album containing 54 illustrations and calligraphic excerpts from the Tale of Genji)
Early Edo period, circa late 17th century
Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起
1617 - 1691
Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Maker/Artist
- Tosa Mitsuoki
- Classification
- Paintings
- Medium
- Frontispiece to an album of 54 (earlier) album leaves illustrating "The Tale of Genji"; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Locations
- country: Japan
- Period
- Edo Period
- Dimensions
- H. 31.2 cm x W. 42.1 cm (12 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
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