Sujet

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. The author sits on a balcony in Ishiyama where she is said to have written the classic romance "Genji Monogatari" (Tale of Genji). Calligraphy brush in hand, she looks out at Lake Biwa.

Légende

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22A08_486

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17,6Mo (1,0Mo) / 17,3cm x 25,4cm / 2046 x 3000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people work job architecture arts country balcony balconies writing lake art occupation view stationery geography color Japan Japanese paper location century gallery profession literature concept printing SCROLL writer calligraphy art gallery Architectural Feature Colour author 18th century Eighteenth Century artistic school calligraphy set Edo period geographical feature Ukiyo-e women at work woodblock print working Biwa Torii Kiyonaga Art Institute of Chicago Kiyonaga Torii Tale of Genji Genji Monogatari art centre colour woodblock print Tokugawa period Heritage Art Murasaki Shikibu Shikibu Murasaki The Tale of Genji Art Institute Chicago Arts of Asia Arts of Asia oban writing materials