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Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera by Gakutei Harunobu — VisualArtsDB

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Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Gakutei Harunobu

1810

Medium: Full color, ink, and gold on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Japanese ArtpavilionUkiyo-eEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtWritingCharles Lang Freer collectionThe Tale of Genji

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Murasaki Shikibu ( A young woman with writing materials in a pavilion overlooking a river).