Gatehouse from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

1600s

Maker Unknown

Japanese Art

Gatehouse from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji, 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Painting in an accordion-style album; ink, light color, and gold on paper; each leaf: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); painting only: 17 x 20.6 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vera Sterne in memory of her husband, Maurice Sterne 1961.202.f The illustrations are identified by chapter title in cartouches to the upper right of the paintings.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Bound Volume
Formatted Medium: painting in an accordion-style album; ink, light color, and gold on paper
Medium: painting, accordion-style, album, ink, light, color, gold, paper
Dimensions: Each leaf: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Painting only: 17 x 20.6 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1961.202.f
Credit Line: Gift of Vera Sterne in memory of her husband, Maurice Sterne
Exhibitions: Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0