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Through comparison with Scenes from the Tale of Genji with Poetry painted by Tosa Kyûyoku Mitsuyoshi (1539-1613), which is in the Kyoto National Museum's collection, it has been concluded that this work was also painted by Mitsuyoshi. Paintings on The Tale of Genji (J., Genji monogatari) were made in large numbers by artists of the Tosa school after the Muromachi period (1392-1573). This is a valuable large-scale folding screen of the Tosa school from the end of the Momoyama period (1573-1615).
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
March 30, 2026