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The Bluebell (Asagao), Illustration to Chapter 20 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari)
Tosa MitsunobuMuromachi period, datable to 1509-1510
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Genji and Murasaki watch from the verandah as maidservants form a large snowball in the garden.
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- Title: The Bluebell (Asagao), Illustration to Chapter 20 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari)
- Creator Lifespan: active c. 1469 - 1522
- Creator Nationality: Japanese
- Creator Gender: male
- Date: Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510
- Physical Dimensions: w17.9 x h24.2 cm
- Period: Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Creation Place: Kyôto/Kyôto Metropolitan Area/Japan/East Asia
- Artist: Tosa Mitsunobu
- Type: Paintings
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: The twentieth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper
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