The Burke Collection
“Wakamurasaki” (若紫) and “Ukifune” (浮舟) chapters of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)
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“Wakamurasaki”
82-1
82-2

Artist

attributed to Kaihō Yūsetsu

(海北友雪; 1598–1677)

and 27 unnamed calligraphers

Catalogue information

Edo period, 17th century

Two handscrolls, twenty-seven paintings and texts on each scroll; ink and color on paper

Scroll i (detail, top): 23.7 x 1938.3 cm (9 3/8 in. x 63 ft. 7 1/8 in.)
Scroll ii (detail, bottom): 23.7 x 1914.6 cm (9 3/8 in. x 62 ft. 9 3/4 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Murase 1975, no. 57
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Murase 1983b, pp. 333–34
Murase, Miyeko
1983b
Iconography of “The Tale of Genji”: Genji monogatari ekotoba. New York: Weatherhill.

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Murase 1985, p. 105, fig. 8
Murase, Miyeko
1985
“Themes from Three Romantic Narratives of the Heian Period.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 100–107.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 62
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Bargen 1997, pl. 2.12
Bargen, Doris G.
1997
A Woman’s Weapon: Spirit Possession in “The Tale of Genji.” Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.

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Addiss 1999, pp. 94–95, no. 19
Addiss, Stephen
1999
The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art. Exh. cat. New York: China Institute Gallery.

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Murase 2008, pp. 39–41.
Murase, Miyeko
2008
“Kaihō Yūsetsu hitsu Genji monogatari emaki” (“Tale of Genji,” by Kaihō Yūsetsu. Kokka, no. 1358 (December): 39–41.

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