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Illustrations of Genji Monogatari: Vol. 1, The Tale of Genji

Photo: Spike Mafford

Illustrations of Genji Monogatari: Vol. 1, The Tale of Genji

17th century

Tosa Mitsuoki

Japanese, 1617-1691

Handscroll; color and platinum on paper
10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm)
L.: 35.67 ft
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
52.40.1
Photo: Spike Mafford
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryPortland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 130
Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 138a and b

"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 130


"Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 130.

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