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Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga.

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga.

2-875-299 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. The author sits on a balcony in Ishiyama where she is said to have written the classic romance "Genji Monogatari" (Tale of Genji). Calligraphy brush in hand, she looks out at Lake Biwa.

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Creator
  1. Torii Kiyonaga, attributed to: Japanese: Artist, printmaker
Subject
  1. Murasaki Shikibu: Japanese: Novelist, writer, lady-in-waiting
Medium
  1. Colour woodblock print
  2. Oban
Picture Type
  1. Arts of asia
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2046x3000
File Size : 17,983kb

Aliases

  1. 1925.2642
  1. 22661
  1. 1000028468
  1. 1925.2642
  1. 2-875-299
  1. 2875299
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