id: 114211 accession number: 1933.455 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.455 updated: 2023-11-29 19:02:38.358000 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: digital description: 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