Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise, late 1800s. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk; image: x cm (69 x 75 in.); each side: x cm (64 1/8 x 34 7/8 in.). This screen depicts an episode from the Tales of Ise, a 10th-century collection of poems and associated narratives in which the main character composes the following poem while drinking sake and viewing cherry blossoms: If, in this world of ours / All the cherry blossoms / Disappeared / The heart of spring / Might find hero relaxes on a shoulder
Nagisa Palace from the Tales of Ise, late 1800s. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk; image: x cm (69 x 75 in.); each side: x cm (64 1/8 x 34 7/8 in.). This screen depicts an episode from the Tales of Ise, a 10th-century collection of poems and associated narratives in which the main character composes the following poem while drinking sake and viewing cherry blossoms: If, in this world of ours / All the cherry blossoms / Disappeared / The heart of spring / Might find hero relaxes on a shoulder rest, gazing at the flowers, his sake dish before him on a lacquered stand. A plump boy attendant monitors the sake dishes, a ewer at the ready. An associate sits with paper, ink, and brush, poised to record poems.
Size: 3400px × 3096px
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