Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike by Tawaraya Sôtatsu — VisualArtsDB

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Tawaraya Sôtatsu

1600–1650

Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (each screen): 63 7/16 in. × 11 ft. 11 5/16 in. (161.1 × 364 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Tags

Human Figureslandscapeshousestrees

More by Tawaraya Sôtatsu

Red and White Poppies

Red and White Poppies

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1600

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1634

“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)

“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1615

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1624

Boats upon Waves

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1634

White Heron

White Heron

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1600

White Hollyhocks

White Hollyhocks

Tawaraya Sôtatsu, 1600

Peonies, Magnolia, and Dandelions

Peonies, Magnolia, and Dandelions

Tawaraya Sôtatsu