"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, or