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“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)

Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu Japanese
early 17th century
Not on view
This painting representing Chapter 49 was cut from a pair of screens featuring scenes from Genji. Kaoru, raised as Genji’s son, lies in bed, a screen shielding him from the evening wind in the hills of Uji. A maidservant piques his curiosity by mentioning a local beauty, Ukifune. The brilliant, richly applied pigments and stylized landscape detail are hallmarks of Tawaraya Sōtatsu’s studio.

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Object Information
  • 伝俵屋宗達筆　源氏物語図「宿木」
  • Title: “Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)
  • Artist: Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, ca. 1570–ca. 1640)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: early 17th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: 10 x 21 3/4 in. (25.4 x 55.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Chizuko and Frank Korn, in honor of Miyeko Murase, 2006
  • Object Number: 2006.570
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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