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Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu Japanese
first half of the 17th century
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  • 俵屋宗達工房 大原御幸図屏風
  • Title: Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike
  • Artist: Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, ca. 1570–ca. 1640)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: first half of the 17th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image (each screen): 63 7/16 in. × 11 ft. 11 5/16 in. (161.1 × 364 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.94.3, .4
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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