Scenes from the Tales of Ise

Date

mid-1600s

Medium

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color and gold on paper

Origin

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nearest in the field

• Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"
• Scenes from the Tales of Ise
• Autumn in the Mountains
• Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons
  Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506)
• Famous Views of Ōmi
• Scenes from the Tale of Genji
• Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring)
  Kō Sūkoku (Japanese, 1730–1804)
• Winter and Summer Flowers
  Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615)

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