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CIRCLE OF TOSA MITSUYOSHI. The Jeweled Chaplet" ("Tamakazura"), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)"

"The Jeweled Chaplet" ("Tamakazura"), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Artist: Circle of Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 9 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (24.4 × 21.3 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 53 1/4 × 15 11/16 in. (135.3 × 39.8 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 53 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (135.3 × 44.2 cm) Image (b): 9 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (24 × 21.2 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 53 1/8 × 15 5/8 in. (135 × 39.7 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 53 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (135 × 44.1 cm). Date: early 17th century. In this scene from an album of the eleventh-century novel, New Year's robes are distributed to ladies of Prince Genji's household. The prince sits near his favorite consort, Murasaki, while the women put garments into black lacquered boxes. In the garden a pair of mandarin ducks, symbolic of marital harmony, are visible. Interior details are exposed through the pictorial convention known as "blown-away roof" (fukinuki yatai). The corresponding page of text, originally pasted into the album facing the illustration, was decorated with flakes of gold and silver to match the jewel-like quality of the illustration. A Genji album in the Kyoto National Museum contains leaves by both Tosa Mitsuyoshi and Chojiro, an artist whose work bears close comparison with Mitsuyoshi's. Stylistic similarities suggest that this painting was created by an unidentified painter of the Tosa studio who was a contemporary of both masters.
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Title:
The Jeweled Chaplet" ("Tamakazura"), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)"
Caption:
"The Jeweled Chaplet" ("Tamakazura"), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Artist: Circle of Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 9 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (24.4 × 21.3 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 53 1/4 × 15 11/16 in. (135.3 × 39.8 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 53 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (135.3 × 44.2 cm) Image (b): 9 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (24 × 21.2 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 53 1/8 × 15 5/8 in. (135 × 39.7 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 53 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (135 × 44.1 cm). Date: early 17th century. In this scene from an album of the eleventh-century novel, New Year's robes are distributed to ladies of Prince Genji's household. The prince sits near his favorite consort, Murasaki, while the women put garments into black lacquered boxes. In the garden a pair of mandarin ducks, symbolic of marital harmony, are visible. Interior details are exposed through the pictorial convention known as "blown-away roof" (fukinuki yatai). The corresponding page of text, originally pasted into the album facing the illustration, was decorated with flakes of gold and silver to match the jewel-like quality of the illustration. A Genji album in the Kyoto National Museum contains leaves by both Tosa Mitsuyoshi and Chojiro, an artist whose work bears close comparison with Mitsuyoshi's. Stylistic similarities suggest that this painting was created by an unidentified painter of the Tosa studio who was a contemporary of both masters.
Technique/material:
Album leaves mounted as a pair of hanging scrolls; ink, gold, silver, and color on paper
Period:
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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