The Handsome Pillar (Makibashira), Illustration to Chapter 31 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

active c. 1469-1522

Tosa Mitsunobu

Japanese

The thirty-first 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