EditorialMurasaki Shikibu, from the series Ukiyo-e Genji. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1705-1715. Dimensions: 27.2 x 36.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialArtist: Shikibu Terutada, (fl. first half of 16th century), Chestnuts, early 16th?century, Fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; with ivory rollers, without mounting: 9 13/16 ? 19 11/16 in. (25 ? 50 cm), Japan, Japanese, Mur...
EditorialTsukioka Yoshitoshi, Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print The Moon at Ishiyama, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Ishiyama no tsuki), Japan, Meiji period (18681912), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1...
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu, from the series Ukiyo-e Genji. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1705-1715. Dimensions: 27.2 x 36.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika kacho fugetsu), c. 1805, Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu, from the series Ukiyo-e Genji. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1705-1715. Dimensions: 27.2 x 36.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialThe nocturnal voyage, Court lady and nobleman on a nocturnal voyage through a snowy landscape. this scene refers to chapter 51 'Ukifune' from The Story of Genji. In this episode, the grandson of Genji, Prince Niou, runs away with the lady Ukifune one n...
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialThe Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781), Edo, 1730-1781, ink, paper, 48 x 21-7/8 in. (image) 78-1/2 x 29-7/8 in. (overall), Signed: Shikibu Nyudo Jasokusai Shohaku Seal: Jasokusai Shohaku, Asian Art.
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika kacho fugetsu), c. 1805, Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??, Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-ca. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and servant of the imperial court during the Heian period. Murasaki is best known as the author of "The Tale of Genji", written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of t...
EditorialPan Lang (Han Ro), mid-1500s. Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s). Fan-shaped painting mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper; painting: 25 x 50 cm (9 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.); mounted: 99.4 x 65.5 cm (39 1/8 x 25 13/16 in.).
EditorialHanshan and Shide (Kanzan and Jittoku), mid-1500s. Shikibu Terutada (Japanese, active mid-1500s). Fan-shaped painting mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper; painting: 25 x 49.7 cm (9 13/16 x 19 9/16 in.); mounted: 124.2 x 68.4 cm (48 7/8 x 2...
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu, from the series Ukiyo-e Genji. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1705-1715. Dimensions: 27.2 x 36.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial??????, Parody of Murasaki Shikibu, Author of The Tale of Genji, Edo period (1615?1868), early 18th century, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (26.4 x 35.9 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686?1764), An Edo-p...
EditorialFireflies Over the Uji River by Moonlight, Meiji period (1868?1912), Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 48 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (123.8 x 49.5 cm), Paintings, Suzuki Shonen (Japanese, 1849?1918), This atmospheric picture of shining ...
EditorialMurasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-ca. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and servant of the imperial court during the Heian period. Murasaki is best known as the author of "The Tale of Genji", written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of t...