Scenes from the Tales of Saigyō left of a pair, 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 60 × 139 in. ( × cm)60 × 21 1/2 in. ( × cm) (image)65 1/2 × 146 × 3/4 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Ink, color, gold, and silver on gilded paper, Japan, 17th century, The Tales of Saigyō narrate the life of the eponymous samurai poet who gave up his title to become an itinerant monk. The story of Saigyō’s lifelong travels was first illustrated in the thirteenth century in a set of four painted handscrolls, and the scenes depicted here are based on those originals.

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