National Museum of Asian Art
The Tale of Genji, Chapter 34; Kashiwagi catches sight of the Third Princess
Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691) · 17th century
Written in the early eleventh century by a lady of the imperial court, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji presents an enthralling narrative of the life of Prince Genji. Already illustrated before the end of the Heian period (794-1185), the pictorial conventions for Genji illustrations were well established. All fifty-four chapters, separated by golden clouds, could be illustrated on a large Japanese screen, but sometimes one chapter was illustrated on one of a pair of screens.
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