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A work made of woodblock printed book, sumizuri-e.

A Collection of Japanese Paintings (Yamato e-zukushi)

1680

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 Japanese, 1618-1694

Japan

In this volume are twenty illustrations of classic Japanese subjects drawn from literature. The illustration on display is a scene from the Tales of Ise, in which the poet Ariwara no Narihira carries away the priestess of Ise Shrine on his back.

Woodblock printed book, sumizuri-e

Arts of Asia