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源氏物語図屏風 (胡蝶)|“Butterflies”
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源氏物語図屏風 (胡蝶)|“Butterflies”

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

late 16th–early 17th century

Medium

Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Tags

MenWomenTreesBoats

Dimensions

65 in. × 12 ft. 3/4 in. (165.1 × 367.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Rights

Public Domain

About Tosa Mitsuyoshi

1539–1639 • Japan

Japanese, 1539–1613

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