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Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji by Tosa School — VisualArtsDB

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Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

1600–1633

Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on decorated-paper shikishi (poetry cards)
Dimensions: Image: 31 1/8 in. × 9 ft. 1/4 in. (79 × 275 cm) Overall with mounting: 35 13/16 in. × 9 ft. 5 3/8 in. (91 × 288 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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