A SIX-PANEL SCREEN WITH A SCENE FROM THE TALE OF GENJI

Description:

Japan, signed Kanzan Shokore, Edo period
170 x 371 cm
Fine depiction of a courtly complex in a landscape between golden swirls of clouds with a few trees such as two pines, a blossoming cherry tree and bushes with white flowers. The bird's eye view gives the viewer an insight into the interior of the palace. Ink, colours and gold on paper.
From an old South German private collection, in the family since before the Second World War - Minor traces of age, slightly rest.