Scenes from The Tale of Genji 源氏物語絵色紙帖 絵土佐光吉筆 詞後陽成天皇他２１筆ゲンジモノガタリエシキシジョウ エトサミツヨシヒツ コトバゴヨウゼイテンノウホカ21ヒツ
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This work consists of 54 paintings of scenes from <i>The Tale of Genji</i> (J., <i>Genji monogatari</i>). The chapters from <i>The Paulownia Court</i> (J., <i>Kiritsubo</i>) through <i>The Oak Tree</i> (J., <i>Kashiwagi</i>) bear the artist name Kyûyoku in ink on the back of paperboard, indicating that they were painted by Tosa Mitsuyoshi (1536-1616), while the chapters from <i>The Flute</i> (J., <i>Yokobue</i>) onward were made by an artist of the Tosa school known as Chôjirô. They all are masterpieces among the paintings of <i>Genji monogatari</i> from the Momoyama period (1573-1615). The texts were written out by such nobles as Emperor Goyôzei (1571-1617, r., 1586-1611).
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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.
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July 20, 2026