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Scenes from the Tales of Ise

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Forty-nine scenes from the Tales of Ise

Satomura Genchin (d. 1665)

mid-17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens, with ninety-eight paintings and poem cards (shikishi) applied to gold leaf on paper; paintings: ink and red ink on paper, text: ink on paper

"At the Edge of the River Akutagawa" from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Sugimura Jihei (d. 1700)

1703 · Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

A Garden of Celebrated Japanese and Chinese Paintings (Wakan meigaen} 和漢名画苑

Ooka Shunboku 大岡春卜 (d. 1763)

1750 · Set of six woodblock-printed books bound as one, with additional volume; ink on paper

Drawing the First Water of the New Year

Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)

ca. 1769–70 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Scenes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tosa School

late 18th century · Set of album leaf paintings; ink and color on paper (shikishi)

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Three illustrated books; ink, color, and gold on paper

Box with the Poet Narihira

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Black lacquer over copper, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Incense Box (Kogo) with Design of Iris and Bridge (Yatsuhashi)

Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) (d. 1704)

19th century · Gold-speckled aventurine (nashiji) lacquer with sprinkled and polished design (hiramakie)

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Nakayama Komin (d. 1870)

19th century · Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer

Writing box and desk with scenes from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Unrecorded maker

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