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Genji travelling by night, 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
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17th century (1601 - 1700)
Late Muromachi Period (1501-1573)
- Artist/maker
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style of Tosa School (early 15th century - late 19th century)
- Material and technique
- ink and mineral pigments (tsukuri-e) on gold-leafed paper
- Dimensions
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mount 55.6 x 40 cm (height x width)
painting 25.6 x 22.9 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by H. R. H. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, 1970.
- Accession no.
- EA1970.94
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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. 43 on p. 154, pp. 14 & 152, illus. p. 155
Location
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- currently in research collection
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