Wakamurasaki (The Young Murasaki or Lavender) Artist: Tosa School (Japanese, early 15th–late 19th century)

ca. 1630s

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium

Album leaf: ink and color with gold pigment and gold leaves on paper

Dimensions

without mounting (each): 12 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (31 × 26 cm)

Credit Line

Partial gift from Sondra Milne Henderson and purchased with funds from The Japan Foundation Endowment of the Council on East Asian Studies

Accession Number

2009.96.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Sondra Milne Henderson, London; Zenda Kiichiro Collection, Kyoto
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 150.
  • Joe Earle, Imperial Album Painting : Genji and Omi (London: Milne Henderson, 2001), 10–11, fig. 1.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

stream trees

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