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
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creation date:			1600s-1700s
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	album leaf; ink on dyed paper with gold
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

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measurements: 23.3 x 21.3 cm (9 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
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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).
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1933
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1933-
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fun fact:
Some say <em>The Tale of Genji</em> 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 <em>The Tale of Genji</em>. 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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	cat. no. 87
	url:		

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