The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Portion of Text from the "Wisps of Cloud" (Usugumo) Chapter of The Tale of Genji
1600s-1700s
Location: not on view
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Some say The Tale of Genji is the world's first novel.Description
The calligraphy brushed on this paper, decorated with a cherry tree seen through clouds, narrates a portion of The Tale of Genji. A scene often illustrated in painted albums and later woodblock prints, it describes Genji taking leave of his love, Murasaki, to see the Akashi Lady, his other love, whose daughter, now in Murasaki's care, clings to Genji's hem as he moves to depart.- ?-1933Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1933-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. cat. no. 87
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.455