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Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi), Illustration to Chapter 48 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Bracken Shoots (Sawarabi), Illustration to Chapter 48 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

active c. 1469-1522

Tosa Mitsunobu

Japanese

The forty-eighth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

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