The Burke Collection
The Third Princess (女三宮) with a Cat, from “Wakana I” (若菜上) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語)
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Artist

Tsukioka Settei

(月岡雪鼎; 1710–1786)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

88.5 x 31.6 cm (34 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

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

Literature

Murase 1985, p. 105, fig. 9.
Murase, Miyeko
1985
“Themes from Three Romantic Narratives of the Heian Period.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 100–107.

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Additional details

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Signature

Hōgen Tsukioka Settei

Seal

Sei Genji Kida na Akinobu aza Taikei gō Settei betsugō Tsukioka jishō Shinten’ō


Supplementary Transcriptions

Signature

法眼月岡雪鼎

Seal

姓源氏木田名昌信字大溪號雪鼎別號月岡自稱信天翁(朱文圓印)(relief, round)