Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Gakutei Harunobu (active ca. 1813-ca. 1868)
notes: label: Description
content: Murasaki Shikibu ( A young woman with writing materials in a pavilion overlooking a river).
label: Description
content: Full color, ink and gold.
label: Description
content: Two inscriptions, signature and seal.
label: Signatures
content: Signature [Jap] Koryusai (hana no ikina) Harunobu gwa.
label: Marks
content: Seal: [Jap], but the radical of the second character is no longer legible, and [Jap] are uncertain.
label: Inscriptions
content: Two inscriptions.
label: Provenance
content: To 1901
label: Provenance
content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1901 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1901 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1901 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 58, no. 258, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: river
label: Topic
content: woman
label: Topic
content: writing
label: Topic
content: The Tale of Genji
label: Topic
content: pavilion
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: ukiyo-e
label: Topic
content: kakemono
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1901.166
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Full color, ink, and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 38.5 × 54.8 cm (15 3/16 × 21 9/16 in)