源氏物語図色紙　「柏木」, Scene from “The Oak Tree” (“Kashiwagi”), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Tosa Mitsuyoshi

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源氏物語図色紙　「柏木」, Scene from “The Oak Tree” (“Kashiwagi”), from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Momoyama period (1573–1615), late 16th–early 17th century, Japan, Album leaf remounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper, Image: 9 3/4 × 8 3/16 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539–1613), Kashiwagi, the younger son of Prince Genji’s brother-in-law, lies on his sick bed. In the adjoining room his father and an ascetic confer about his condition. Kashiwagi had been beset by grave illness after suffering remorse over his affair with Genji’s wife (in his later years), the Third Princess, Onna Sannomiya

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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