"The Sacred Tree" (Sakaki) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 14 in. × 54 5/16 in. (35.5 × 138 cm)Image (b): 14 in. × 53 9/16 in. (35.5 × 136 cm). Date: ca. 1650.Events from the tenth chapter of the tale unfold in brilliant colors against a background of gold. These scenes cut from a handscroll represent a fraction of what may have been the most comprehensive series of Genji illustrations--complete with unabridged text inscribed by courtier calligraphers--ever created. The handscrolls comprising the set must have numbered over one hundred. Extant scrolls from the set, scattered among various collections, are evidence of the early Edo period's revitalization of the classical tradition of narrative painting. Although they exhibit the delicacy and detail associated with the Tosa school, paintings on interior screens and landscape elements suggest that they were the work of Kano artists active in Kyoto.In one of the scenes, Fujitsub

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$"The Sacred Tree" (Sakaki) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 14 in. × 54 5/16 in. (35.5 × 138 cm)Image (b): 14 in. × 53 9/16 in. (35.5 × 136 cm). Date: ca. 1650.Events from the tenth chapter of the tale unfold in brilliant colors against a background of gold. These scenes cut from a handscroll represent a fraction of what may have been the most comprehensive series of Genji illustrations--complete with unabridged text inscribed by courtier calligraphers--ever created. The handscrolls comprising the set must have numbered over one hundred. Extant scrolls from the set, scattered among various collections, are evidence of the early Edo period's revitalization of the classical tradition of narrative painting. Although they exhibit the delicacy and detail associated with the Tosa school, paintings on interior screens and landscape elements suggest that they were the work of Kano artists active in Kyoto.In one of the scenes, Fujitsub$

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