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Mather, 1948.124.2", "current_location": null, "title": "Scenes from the Tale of Genji", "title_in_original_language": "\u6e90\u6c0f\u7269\u8a9e\u56f3\u5c4f\u98a8", "creation_date": "late 1700s", "creation_date_earliest": 1700, "creation_date_latest": 1799, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Japan, Edo period (1615\u20131868)"], "technique": "One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper", "support_materials": [], "department": "Japanese Art", "collection": "ASIAN - Folding screen", "type": "Painting", "measurements": "Image: 154.5 x 351.2 cm (60 13/16 x 138 1/4 in.)", "dimensions": {"image": {"height": 1.545, "height_inch": 60, "height_inch_fraction": 0.8125, "width": 3.512, "width_inch": 138, "width_inch_fraction": 0.25}, "painting only": {"height": 1.546, "height_inch": 60, "height_inch_fraction": 0.875, "width": 3.516, "width_inch": 138, "width_inch_fraction": 0.4375}, "overall framed": {"height": 1.714, "height_inch": 67, "height_inch_fraction": 0.5, "width": 3.684, "width_inch": 145, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0625}, "each panel": {"height": 1.678, "height_inch": 66, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0625, "width": 0.608, "width_inch": 23, "width_inch_fraction": 0.9375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 443393, "title": "Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art", "description": "<i>Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).", "opening_date": "1979-03-25T05:00:00"}, {"id": 310026, "title": "Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen", "description": "<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).", "opening_date": "1987-12-08T05:00:00"}, {"id": 357862, "title": "Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation", "description": "<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 24-October 11, 2020).", "opening_date": "2020-01-24T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "<em>Japanese Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (March 25-April 22, 1979).", "opening_date": "1979-03-25T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "William G. Mather [1857-1951], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "?-1948", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1948-", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": ["1948.125"], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Folding screens served as temporary dividers in traditional Japanese open-plan architectural spaces. This pair was inspired by Japan\u2019s most celebrated work of literature, the <em>Tale of Genji</em>, written by Murasaki Shikibu, an attendant to the empress in the early 11th-century imperial court. The novel follows the love life of the \u201cShining Prince\u201d Genji and delves into the psychological states of his many companions. Distinct episodes are nestled within a matrix of golden clouds and landscape elements. 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