The Picture Contest (E-Awase), Illustration to Chapter 17 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari)

Tosa MitsunobuMuromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

Genji shows Murasaki the paintings he did while in exile at Suma. Two other women in attendance.

Details

Title: The Picture Contest (E-Awase), Illustration to Chapter 17 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: w18.1 x h24.3 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 seventeenth 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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