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Lydia Corbett (b.1934) - Framed Contemporary Mixed Media, Tales of Genji
By Lydia Corbett
Located in Corsham, GB
). Titled Tales of Genji. This figurative piece depicts fictional characters from Japanese literature
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21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

A six-panel folding screen depicting scenes from the Tales of Genji
Located in Milano, IT
scenes from the Tales of Genji. The landscape is dominated by a Matsu with sinuous branches, with figures
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Screen Painting of Princess Murasaki and Courtesans.
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Screen Painting of Princess Murasaki and Courtesans. (Tales of Genji) Kano
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings

Japanese Meiji Period Two Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) two-panel painted screen with various Tale of Genji scenes - ink
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Antique 1870s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Four Panel Showa Period Narrative Tale Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese four-panel Showa period screen from a narrative tale, probably tales of Genji
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Four Panel Showa Period Spring Tales Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Idyllic Japanese four-panel Showa period screen probably from the narrative tales of Genji. Set in
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Set of six framed Japanese Genji story woodblock prints, early 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A set of six Japanese Genji story uchida woodblock prints, Kyoto early 20th century. Framed
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Prints

Materials

Metal

Catching Fireflies by the Uji River in Yamashiro Province
By Utagawa Hiroshige II
Located in Fairlawn, OH
) From: A Collaborative Tale of Genji Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) Date Of Execution: 1861
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Mid-19th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Beauty Holding a Hand Mirror
By Kobayashi Kiyochika
Located in Burbank, CA
robe is decorated with scenes from “The Tale of Genji” and features patterns done in luxurious silver
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Early 1900s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Color

Edo period (19th century)
Located in Milano, IT
Byobu, traditional Japanese six-panel screen depicting a scene from the "Tales of Genji", with
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Yozakura (Cherry Blossom Viewing at Night)
Located in Hudson, NY
tradition is even referenced in the "Tale of Genji", the 11th century classic Japanese novel. The fragile
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Brocade Silk Gilded Traditional Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Heian period court, showcased in "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, widely introduced as the
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese antique stone garden lantern 150 years old
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese novel The Tale of Genji or other folk tales that relate how the light in a lantern like this is
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Garden Ornaments

Materials

Stone

Superb Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Maki e Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is decorated with high
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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Tale of Genji Signed
Located in Rio Vista, CA
scene from romantic narrative tale of Genji from the Heian period. Made in the Nihonga school style with
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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Metal, Brass

Japanese Four Panel Tales of Genji Picnic Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese four panel screen depicting an idyllic spring scene from the narrative tales of
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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Antique Japanese Painting Tale of Genji, Ric.J011
Located in Norton, MA
Anonymous (late 18th - 19th century) Painting Depicting a Scene from the Tale of Genji, Japan
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

Materials

Paper, Silk

Japanese Four-Panel Screen Tales of Genji Episode
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Japanese four-panel byobu screen depicting chapter 17 episode from tales of Genji. The
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene 20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen from the narrative "Tale
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Ukifune, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
A boat upon the water (Ukifune), Illustration to Chapter 51 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Four-Panel "Tales of Genji" Folding Byobu Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine Japanese four panel "Tales of Genji" folding byobu screen from the famous novel by the
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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Takekawa, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Bamboo River (Takekawa), Illustration to Chapter 44 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Tosa
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Maboroshi, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
The Seer (Maboroshi), Illustration to Chapter 41 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Tosa
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Weathered Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
featuring a scene from the Tale of Genji. (Chaper 3: Utsusemi) the screen is crafted in the Nihonga school
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Tale of Genji Ch. 6
Located in Rio Vista, CA
episode in the tales of Genji. The painting depicts characters from chapter 6 Suetsumuhana. Painted in the
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Showa Six Panel Screens Tales of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
the first screen, and chapters 29 and 7 on the second screen from the narrative tales of Genji. Made
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Showa Period Four-Panel Screen Tales Of Genji With Lady Murasaki
Located in Astoria, NY
the elegantly dressed Lady Murasaki Shikibu, the author of “Tales of Genji” the first novel written in
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Meiji Era Japanese Two Panel Hand Painted Wood Table Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A Meiji era Japanese two-panel wood screen, with illustrated images from The Tale of Genji that are
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Tosa School Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1800 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
of the famed Tosa School and based on the Classic Japanese 11th century literary work "Tales of Genji
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dueling with Cherry Blossoms - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Dueling with Cherry Blossoms - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock Rightmost panel a triptych
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1850s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Printer s Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Japanese Tosa School Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1770 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
classic Japanese 11th century literary work "Tales of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu. The work dates to 1770
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Antique 1770s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Meiji Eight-Panel Tale of Genji Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese late Meiji, early Taisho period eight-panel screen. Chapter 24 Kocho butterflies episode. Nihonga school in the Tosa school manner with Kano school landscape elemen...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Tales of Genji on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
reinterpretation of a scene from the tales or Genji Monogatari. The miniature style of the painting on a large
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Tamakazura, from the series Lady Murasaki s Genji Cards Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada II (Toyokuni IV)
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese woodblock print from the series "The 54 Chapters of the Tale of Genji". "The Tale of Genji
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1850s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Four Panel Screen Heian Era Narrative Tale
Located in Rio Vista, CA
from a Heian era ancient narrative tale such as tales of Genji. Made of ink and natural pigments on
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Buddhist 19th Century Tosa School Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
three scenes from Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji), the vignettes dotted with gold clouds in relief.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Hand Painted Four Panel Japanese Byobu Screen Circa 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
musicians. Inscribed "The Tale of Genji", and "Moon Viewing Party". Fully open as we have it
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint

Genji Monogatari - Chapter 24: Kocho - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1851
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Genji monogatari ("The Tale of Genji"), written by Murasaki Shikibu in the first quarter of the Eleventh
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1850s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Prince Genji in Exile at Suma.
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Plano, TX
Tale of Genji). Ryutei's version was set in the fifteenth century, and followed the general theme of
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Contemporary Japanese Imari Gilded Porcelain Dish
Located in Takarazuka, JP
composing poetry and Murasaki Shikibu wrote her Classic novel The Tale of Genji during this period. Numerous
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Gold

Japanese Antique Fukusa Textile Art Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The front cover depicts a literary scene, maybe from the Tale
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Silk

Japanese Showa Edo Tale of the Genji Landscape Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
literary story Tale of the Genji. The painting is done with intricate detail (in the costumes and flowing
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Gengi Prince and Beauties in the Snow Garden, " Color Woodcut by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
was well known for his depictions of scenes from the Tale of Genji, the oldest known novel in the
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1850s Edo Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
narrative "Tales of the Genji". The dark, rich colors, gold leaf and beautiful hand painted detail of the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
narrative "Tales of the Genji". The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail of
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
narrative "Tales of the Genji". The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail of
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
century literary work "Tales of the Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu. The dark, rich colors, gold leaf, and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
11th-century literary work "Tales of the Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu. The dark, rich colors, gold leaf
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
Japanese narrative "Tales of the Genji" featuring Lady Murasaki the Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Large Japanese 6-panel folding screen with chrysanthemums on silver leaf
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tale of Genji, The Tales of Ise, and Heian-period poems composed by courtiers. When shipped we will
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Antique "Cicada" Moon Cloud Lantern Bronze 150 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
as in Murasaki Shikibu’s "The Tale of Genji," one of the first women to ever resist the titular
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Fine "Boating Birds on Mountain Blue Lake" Two Panel Screen Byobu
Located in South Burlington, VT
Genji: The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari?) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Kawarazaki Gonjuro Acting as Araiso no Koji original ukiyo-e woodblock 1860s
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
related to The Tale of Genji; it was only after 1850 that other artists began to produce similar designs
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1860s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Set of 8 Orthochromes by Madame Yna Majeska Henriette Stern , circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
illustrations of Pierre Louys works, Seven Gothic Tales (Addition 1010), Psyche and Tales of the Genji, as well
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

The Tales of Genji
Located in New York, NY
Six-panel folding screen with scenes from the Tales of Genji
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold

Tales of Genji II
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler Tales of Genji II 1998 Woodcut in colors on TGL handmade paper Sheet: 47 1
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Woodcut

Tales of Genji I
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
1998 Woodcut in colors from 11 woodblocks Sheet: 42 x 47 in. Edition of 30 Signed and numbered in pencil Framed, excellent condition
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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