A SIX-PANEL SCREEN OF AN ANONYMOUS TOSA- STYLE PAINTER

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1.500 € - 2.500 €

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Description:

Japan, late Edo period
282 x 112 cm
Byobu. Depicting Prince Genji gazing over lake Biwa. Ink, colour and gold on paper.
The tale of Genji was written in the 11th century by Murasaki Shikibu, a noblewoman, in a combination of poetry, prose, and journal-like writing. The book is about a fictional Prince of Genji and his seductions and romances as an aristocrat in Heian era (794 - 1185).
Former German private collection, acquired at the Antique Fair, Münsterlandhalle, 1982
Partial traces of age, minor rest.

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