Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Literature and Literary Connections, Japanese Poetry

Works of Art (9)

Curtained screen (kicho) and utensils for the incense ceremony, Edo period, 19th century, Kubo Shunman (Japanese), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (JP2003)
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi), Kamakura period, 13th century, Unidentified artist, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper (25.224a–e)
Orchids and Rocks, Muromachi period (1392–1573), Gyokuen Bompo (Japanese), Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper (1975.268.38)
Poem page mounted as a hanging scroll, Momoyama period, dated 1606, Painting by Tawaraya Sotatsu (Japanese); Calligraphy by Hon'ami Koetsu (Japanese), Ink on paper decorated with gold and silver (1975.268.59)
Portrait of Shun'oku Myôha, Nanbokuchô period, ca. 1383, Japan, Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold on silk (2007.329)
Scenes from the Tale of Genji: "The Royal Outing" (Miyuki, chapter 29), "A Boat upon the Waters" (Ukifune, chapter 51), and "The Gatehouse" (Sekiya, chapter 16), Momoyama period, 17th century, Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese); Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese), Pair of four-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper (55.94.1–.2)
Tagasode ("Whose Sleeves?"), first half of the 17th century, Momoyama period (1573–1615) or Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on gilded paper (62.36.2–3)
Tale of a Strange Marriage, Edo period, ca. 1858, Ukita Ikkei (Japanese), Handscroll; ink and color on paper (57.156.7)
Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode), Momoyama period, late 16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper (29.100.493–4)

Thematic Essays (7)