Artist
Chōjirō
(長次郎; fl. early 17th century)
Catalogue information
Momoyama period
Album leaves, mounted as pair of hanging scrolls
Painting: ink, color, and gold on paper; text: ink, gold, and silver on paper
Each leaf 24.1 x 21.4 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 38
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 67
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 2000, no. 82.
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Illustrations of The Tale of Genji
- Albums
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Momoyama period
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 70 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
“Vast numbers of things,” he [Genji] said to Murasaki. “We must see that they are divided so that no one has a right to feel slighted.” He had everything spread before him, the products of the offices and of Murasaki’s personal endeavors as well. Such sheens and hues as she had wrought, displaying yet another of her talents!