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Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

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Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School

Date: early 17th century
Type: Screens
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on decorated-paper shikishi (poetry cards)
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 2019.420.13.1, .2
Credit: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2019

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