A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari) ca. 1400 Unidentified artist A Long Tale for an Autumn Night became popular in Japan in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It tells of an amorous affair between a Buddhist monk and a younger male acolyte (chigo). The usual outcome of these tragic tales is the monk’s attainment of religious salvation after repenting his obsession with carnal narrative progresses from right to left across three illustrated handscrolls (emaki). Note the use of a device called iji d?zu (literally, “different time, same illustration”

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari) ca. 1400 Unidentified artist A Long Tale for an Autumn Night became popular in Japan in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It tells of an amorous affair between a Buddhist monk and a younger male acolyte (chigo). The usual outcome of these tragic tales is the monk’s attainment of religious salvation after repenting his obsession with carnal narrative progresses from right to left across three illustrated handscrolls (emaki). Note the use of a device called iji d?zu (literally, “different time, same illustration”), in which the same figures appear multiple times in a single pictorial segment so that several events can be depicted simultaneously. At an earlier point, the first section of this handscroll was excised and mounted separately as a hanging scroll. The Museum acquired the missing section in 2005. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #8809. A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yonaga monogatari) Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari). Unidentified artist Japanese. Japan. ca. 1400. One handscroll from a set of three; ink, color, and gold on paper. Muromachi period (1392–1573). Paintings

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