The Tales of Ise
is a pair of six-panel "byōbu" folding screens made circa 1701–1705, using ink and color on gold-foiled paper. The screens are among the first works of Kōrin as a "hokkyō". It depicts abstracted blue Japanese irises in bloom, and their green foliage, creating a rhythmically repeating but varying pattern across the panels. The similarities of some blooms indicate that a stencil was used. The work shows influence of Tawaraya, and it is representative of the Rinpa school. It is inspired by an episode in the Heian-period text "The Tales of Ise".