Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji): Chapter 2: Hahakigi (Broom Cypress); Chapter 3: Utsusemi (A Molted Cicada Shell) and Chapter 4: Yūgao (The Lady of the Evening Faces)
possibly Tosa Mitsuyoshi, Japanese, 1700 - 1772
Late Edo Period (about 1789-1868)
Hand painted hand scroll with pigment and ink on Japanese paper
Overall: 13 7/8 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (35.3 × 9 × 9 cm)
Length: 32.81 ft. (10 m)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of George Herman, Class of 1941, in memory of those who died in the War against Japan
P.993.48
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 64, The Japanese Painting Tradition, Allen Hockley, Spring 2014
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2023
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Dartmouth Looks at The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), curated by Dennis Washburn and Allen Hockley in conjunction with the colloquium "What Is a Classic? Translation, Reception, and the Making of Canons," Ivan Albright Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 21-September 28, 2014.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 6-July 1, 1996.
Screens and Scrolls: Japanese Painting from the Ackland Art Museum, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 8-June 18, 2000.
The Art of Storytelling, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont, September 8-December 13, 2015.
Provenance
Given to George Herman (1920-2005) in Tokyo, Japan, 1953; given to present collection, 1993.
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