1985.352.41.A: The Seer (Maboroshi), Illustration to Chapter 41 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.352.41.A
- People
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Tosa Mitsunobu, Japanese (active c. 1469-1522)
- Title
- The Seer (Maboroshi), Illustration to Chapter 41 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Genji monogatari: Maboroshi
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- album leaf, painting
- Date
- Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
- Period
- Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199843
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- The forty-first of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 24.3 cm x W. 18.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.352.41.A
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Kaori Chino, "Tokushû: Genji monogatari gajô - Hâvâdo Daigaku Bijutsukan zô" [Special Issue: The Tale of Genji Album in the Collection of Harvard University Art Museums] (Tokyo, Japan, 1997), p. 35
- Le Dit du Genji de Murasaki-shikibu [The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu]: Illustré par la peinture traditionnelle japonaise du XII au XVII siècle [Illustrated by traditional Japanese painting of the 12th through 17th century], Editions Diane de Selliers (Paris, France, 2007 & 2008), Vol. 3 / p. 60
- Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji, Folio Society (2016), vol. 2, ill. opp. p. 821
- Melissa McCormick, The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion, Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2018)
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