Chapter 16, "The Gatehouse" (Sekiya), from the Tale of Genji: one of a pair of four-panel folding screens

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Creator: Tosa Mitsuyoshi (1539-1613) , Japanese
Period: Momoyama
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:55.94.2
Material: ink, color, and gold on gilded paper
Date: 17th century
Inscription: "Paintings of Miyuki, Sekiya and Ukifune from the Genji Monogatari. My forbear Mitsuyoshi painted them but there was a place lacking [or perhaps damaged] at the end, and the head of our house Mitsuoki repaired it. The fifth year of the Genroku (1692) an
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Alternate Cat. #: DT1672
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