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PAINTED SCREENS
Various Properties
182* TP
A PAIR OF SIX-PANEL FOLDING
SCREENS DEPICTING SCENES FROM
ISE MONOGATARI (THE TALES OF ISE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Painted in ink and colours on gold paper
and interspersed with gold clouds depicting
episodes from Ise monogatari (The Tales
of Ise), an early collection of stories and
poems centered around the journey of an
unnamed individual, traditionally assumed
to be the courtier-poet Ariwara no Narihira
(825–880), as he travels east in exile from
the imperial court at Kyoto, including a court
lady surrounded by her attendants reading a
letter sent by Narihira; the famous scene of
Narihira on horseback with his retinue passing
Mount Fuji (Chapter 9); and concluding with
Chapter 98, at the left of the left-hand screen,
where a retainer presents a delighted ‘certain
chancellor’ with an imitation branch of plum
with a pheasant tied to it.
Each screen approx. 122cm x 287cm
(48in x 113in). (2).
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY690,000 - 830,000
US$6,200 - 7,400
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