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    438 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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The Tale of Sumiyoshi by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Tale of Sumiyoshi

Unrecorded maker

late 13th century · a) Painting section from a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper b) Calligraphy from handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Gift Cover (Fukusa) with Tale of Genji Shell-Matching Game by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Gift Cover (Fukusa) with Tale of Genji Shell-Matching Game

Unrecorded maker

1868–1912 · Embroidery, Silk: embroidered; metallic thread

Cleared · CC0

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“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji by Tosa Mitsuyoshi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsuyoshi (d. 1613)

late 16th–early 17th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Twelve Scenes from The Tale of Genji by Unidentified artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Twelve Scenes from The Tale of Genji

Unidentified artist

mid-17th century · Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on gold-flecked paper

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Scenes from the Tale of Genji by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenes from the Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper

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A Disguised Scene from The Tale of Genji (Fūryū Yatsushi Genji), Chapter 33, “Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no uraba)” by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Disguised Scene from The Tale of Genji (Fūryū Yatsushi Genji), Chapter 33, “Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no uraba)”

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

ca. 1794 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Costume for the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai) by Kubo Shunman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Costume for the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai)

Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)

1810s · Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Noh Robe (Karaori) with Autumn Grasses and Butterflies by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Noh Robe (Karaori) with Autumn Grasses and Butterflies

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Twill-weave silk with brocading in silk and supplementary weft patterning in silk and metallic thread

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scenes from the Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenes from the Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare (d. 1616)

1866 · Illustrations: color lithographs

Cleared · Public Domain

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Document Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Document Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

20th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji and gold ground

Cleared · Public Domain

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Writing Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Writing Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

20th century · Gold lacquer with raised sprinkled design

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Revival, from "A Tale of Drury Lane"

George Cruikshank (d. 1878)

ca. 1833 · Wood engraving

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