Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School, early 17th century

Artist

Tosa School

Date

early 17th century

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on decorated-paper shikishi (poetry cards)

Size

Image: 31 1/8 in. × 9 ft. 1/4 in. (79 × 275 cm) Overall with mounting: 35 13/16 in. × 9 ft. 5 3/8 in. (91 × 288 cm)

Type

Paintings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed