Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: x cm (5 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.); mounted with knobs: x cm (35 7/8 x 22 3/8 in.). This hanging scroll was once part of a handscroll depicting a waka (thirty-one syllable verse) poetry contest between characters from the 11th-century literary classic Tale of Genji. In this section, a woman known by Genji fans as Kumoi no kari, or “Goose in Fog,” after a lovelorn line she hums in the novel, is pitted agains
Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: x cm (5 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.); mounted with knobs: x cm (35 7/8 x 22 3/8 in.). This hanging scroll was once part of a handscroll depicting a waka (thirty-one syllable verse) poetry contest between characters from the 11th-century literary classic Tale of Genji. In this section, a woman known by Genji fans as Kumoi no kari, or “Goose in Fog,” after a lovelorn line she hums in the novel, is pitted against Higekuro no taish?, or “General Blackbeard.” Three of his poems, numbered 46 to 48, from “The Handsome Pillar” chapter appear over his image. The subsequent three poems inscribed above Kumoi no kari are presented as her “responses,” and come from the “New Wisteria Leaves” chapter.
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