id: 114211 accession number: 1933.455 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.455 updated: 2023-03-23 11:10:04.003000 Portion of Text from the "Wisps of Cloud" (Usugumo) Chapter of The Tale of Genji, 1600s-1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Album leaf; ink on dyed paper with gold; 23.3 x 21.3 cm (9 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.455 title: Portion of Text from the "Wisps of Cloud" (Usugumo) Chapter of The Tale of Genji title in original language: 源氏物語内薄雲の詞書 series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s-1700s creation date earliest: 1615 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: album leaf; ink on dyed paper with gold department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Album leaf type: Calligraphy find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: 23.3 x 21.3 cm (9 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: まかり申給さま、くまなきゆふ日 に、いとゝしくきよらにみえ給を、 女君たゝならずみ奉りをくり きこえ給。ひめ君はいはけなく 御さしぬきのすそにかゝりてしたひ 聞え給ほどに、とにもいでた まひぬべければ、立とまりて いとあはれとおぼしたり。 Transcription by Stephen Forrest (kana modernized, punctuation added). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1933 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1933- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Some say The Tale of Genji is the world's first novel. digital 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: cat. no. 87 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.455/1933.455_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.455/1933.455_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.455/1933.455_full.tif