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Tale of Genji Album (Genji monogatari gajō) of Illustrations and Calligraphic Excerpts (Two Volumes)

Tale of Genji Album (Genji monogatari gajō) of Illustrations and Calligraphic Excerpts (Two Volumes)

active c. 1469-1522

Illustrations by Tosa Mitsunobu

Japanese

Album (now split into two volumes) of 54 paired paintings and kotobagaki (calligraphic excerpts), with later frontispiece and finispiece paintings

Muromachi period, 1392-1568

Paintings with Calligraphy