Title: "Heartvine" ("Aoi") chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)
Object type: Handscroll
Date: 16th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 4 3/4 in. × 18 ft. 9 3/16 in. (12 × 572 cm)
Overall with knobs: 5 in. × 18 ft. 9 3/16 in. (12.7 × 572 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women