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Album of Confucian gojō poems and scenes from the Tale of Genji
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Details
- Series
- Tale of Genji
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)
- Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Artist/maker
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Reizei no Tameyasu (1735 - 1816) (calligrapher)Jien (1155 - 1225) (author)style of Tosa School (early 15th century - late 19th century)
- Material and technique
- painting: gold leaf and dust, nikawa (animal glue), ink, and mineral pigments on paper (tsukuri-e); calligraphy: ink, colour, and kirikane gold leaf decoration on silk; bound with gold thread brocade on paper
- Dimensions
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album 27 x 22.5 x 5 cm (height x width x depth)
page 27 x 22.5 cm (height x width)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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dyed,covered › metallized › gilded,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by R. Somervell, 1965.
- Accession no.
- EA1965.69
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Further reading
Katz, Janice, Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, with an introductory essay by Oliver Impey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2003), no. 44 on pp. 156-160, pp. 14, 18-27, 34, & 152, illus. pp. 19-24 figs 1 - 7 & pp. 156 - 161
Location
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- currently in research collection
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