Scenes from the Tale of Genji

Artist: Kanō Chikayasu, Japanese, 1804–1891
Period: Edo period, 1615–1868
Date: c.1850
Material: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
made in: Japan, Asia
Classification: Paintings
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: overall: 66 3/4 in. x 12 ft. 3 5/8 in. (169.5 x 375 cm)
each panel: 66 3/4 x 25 in. (169.5 x 63.5 cm)
Credit Line: Funds given by Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell, the Ruth Peters MacCarthy Charitable Trust, and the William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 58:2000.1

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