Anonymous, monogatari shigure (the wave) (attributed title), 1600. Ink and colors on paper. Golden glitter. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris. Characters, men, women, arranged in the architectural space This novel would have been written by a nobleman from the era of Muromachi towards the end of the 16th century, with a first Amayadori title (sheltered from the downpour). It was printed for the first time in 1661 under the title of Shigure no in. The title of Monogatari Shigure appears in the 1721 edition. Our manuscript would be, thus, between these two dates. The sub
Anonymous, monogatari shigure (the wave) (attributed title), 1600. Ink and colors on paper. Golden glitter. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris. Characters, men, women, arranged in the architectural space This novel would have been written by a nobleman from the era of Muromachi towards the end of the 16th century, with a first Amayadori title (sheltered from the downpour). It was printed for the first time in 1661 under the title of Shigure no in. The title of Monogatari Shigure appears in the 1721 edition. Our manuscript would be, thus, between these two dates. The subject is that of an impossible love from an encounter under a downpour at the Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto.
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