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
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Murase 1983b, pp. 333–34
; 1983b
Iconography of “The Tale of Genji”: Genji monogatari ekotoba. New York: Weatherhill.
Murase 1985, p. 105, fig. 8
; 1985
“Themes from Three Romantic Narratives of the Heian Period.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 100–107.
Avitabile 1990, no. 62
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Bargen 1997, pl. 2.12
; 1997
A Woman’s Weapon: Spirit Possession in “The Tale of Genji.” Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
Addiss 1999, pp. 94–95, no. 19
; 1999
The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art. Exh. cat. New York: China Institute Gallery.
Murase 2008, pp. 39–41.
2008
“Kaihō Yūsetsu hitsu Genji monogatari emaki” (“Tale of Genji,” by Kaihō Yūsetsu. Kokka, no. 1358 (December): 39–41.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Illustrations of The Tale of Genji
- Handscrolls
- Works of the Edo period
- Works by Kaihō Yūsetsu
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 82 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.