UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)*

MURASAKI SHIKIBU AT ISHIYAMA TEMPLE EDO PERIOD, 1850S

Details

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)*
Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyama temple
Edo period, 1850s
Signed Ryusai hitsu, sealed Hiroshige
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk
16 x 21.5/8in. (42.8 x 54.9cm.)

Exhibited

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Lot Essay

published:

Azabu Museum of Art, and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 99.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pl. 82.

Lady Murasaki is said to have composed the Tale of Genji while gazing at the reflection of the moon on Lake Biwa from Ishiyama Temple in Omi, where she lived in retirement.