Scene from "Purple Trousers" ("Fujibakama"), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Artist: Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 10 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (25.7 × 21.2 cm)Overall with mounting: 54 5/8 × 15 1/4 in. (138.7 × 38.7 cm)Overall with knobs: 54 5/8 × 17 3/16 in. (138.7 × 43.6 cm).In this scene Yugiri, Prince Genji's son, visits the court to deliver a letter of condolence. Having learned that the young lady Tamakazura is not his sister, as he had thought, he also brings her a love poem accompanied by a bouquet of purple autumn flowers (fujibakama). Mitsuyoshi was the head of the Tosa school of the time. A round seal reading "Tosa Kyuyoku" (the artist's name as a priest) that was originally stamped on the back of the painting has been removed and reattached on the side. The refined style and rich colors of this composition (and the related scene on view nearby) match that of the Tale of Genji album by Mitsuyoshi, in the collection of Kyoto Natio