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Source Description
Lady Tamakazura is a character from the 11th-century novel "The Tale of Genji." Born the illegitimate daughter of Genji's best friend and left homeless at a young age, she was raised by a nurse in the provinces. On her return to the capital, Genji appeared to play the role of protective father. He was, in fact, secretly in love with the girl and made unwelcome advances. To escape her predicament, Tamakazura married a man she detested. Kogyo shows Tamakazura performing a dance that conveys her feelings. He has put a border around this depiction and placed it over a framed painting of a wandering priest (a reference to Tamakazura's youth in the provinces), signing the half-hidden painting with one of his earlier art names, Kohan.
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Document identity
localId
16335
label
Nogaku zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
16335
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nogaku zue
description
Lady Tamakazura is a character from the 11th-century novel "The Tale of Genji." Born the illegitimate daughter of Genji's best friend and left homeless at a young age, she was raised by a nurse in the provinces. On her return to the capital, Genji appeared to play the role of protective father. He was, in fact, secretly in love with the girl and made unwelcome advances. To escape her predicament, Tamakazura married a man she detested. Kogyo shows Tamakazura performing a dance that conveys her feelings. He has put a border around this depiction and placed it over a framed painting of a wandering priest (a reference to Tamakazura's youth in the provinces), signing the half-hidden painting with one of his earlier art names, Kohan.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
date
1899 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25
height
37.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 13/16 x W: 14 5/8 in. (25 x 37.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kogyo
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14996
6252
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
c03bfb3e0e88cd84