Genji and the Young Damsels, Left-hand sheet of a triptych (Waka-na), rom the series of “Popular Stories of Prince Genji” (Furyu Yatsushi Genji): Wakana no jô (chapter 34)
Hosoda Eishi
Description
For a detailed description, see comments under 1948/1.190
Exhibited in "Stories from the Past: Narrative in Asian Art," January 24 – July 25, 2004.
Subject Matter:
See 1948/1.190.
Physical Description:
The left-hand section of the triptych depicts three adult women and one younger girl. They are just outside the building on the deck walkways. The younger girl is sitting holding a box while the woman in front of her stands looking off to the right. The women behind them look at each other with the one inside the building looking down on the woman sitting just outside the door. There are three inscriptions, two on the far top left and one on the left edge. There are also two seals under the deck on the bottom edge in the middle slightly to the right.
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