Mid-size six panel screen, ink, color, gold and silver flecks on paper; depicting a court-style mansion surrounded by blossoming cherry trees and pines, with scenes from the Heian period novel, including, at far right, Genji admiring blossoming plum trees from his veranda, while Prince Hotaru strolls in the garden, from Chapter 41; an interior scene of a lady playing the koto, possibly based on Chapter 21; Lady Kokiden, at the edge of the veranda, holding a fan showing a "three-ply cherry," from Chapter 8; and a scene of courtiers playing football as the Third Princess peeks from behind the sudare curtain of a separate structure at far left, from Chapter 34; with scalloped clouds of gold leaf on paper applied to the surface at the top and bottom edges. 39 1/2 x 101 1/2in (100.3 x 257.8cm)
Mid-size six panel screen, ink, color, gold and silver flecks on paper; depicting a court-style mansion surrounded by blossoming cherry trees and pines, with scenes from the Heian period novel, including, at far right, Genji admiring blossoming plum trees from his veranda, while Prince Hotaru strolls in the garden, from Chapter 41; an interior scene of a lady playing the koto, possibly based on Chapter 21; Lady Kokiden, at the edge of the veranda, holding a fan showing a "three-ply cherry," from Chapter 8; and a scene of courtiers playing football as the Third Princess peeks from behind the sudare curtain of a separate structure at far left, from Chapter 34; with scalloped clouds of gold leaf on paper applied to the surface at the top and bottom edges. 39 1/2 x 101 1/2in (100.3 x 257.8cm)
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