TOSA SCHOOL Six Scenes from The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th ce...

TOSA SCHOOL Six Scenes from The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Six fragments of a folding screen in ink, colors, and gold on paper, each scene surrounding by gold-foil clouds decorated in moriage relief patterns Each scene mounted separately and framed, four are glazed the largest 13 1/2 x 19 1/4in (34.3 x 48.9cm) visible under mat the smallest 9 1/2 x 18 3/4in (24.1 x 47.6cm) visible under mat Footnotes: The scenes from The Tale of Genji depicted in the present lot are as follows, in chapter order: chapter 3, Utsusemi (Genji watches two women playing the board game go); chapter 4, Yūgao (a visit to a home covered in the flowers known as 'evening faces'); chapter 10, Sakaki (Genji delivers a spray of sakaki tree with a poem paper tied around it in order to bid farewell to a former lover); chapter 35, Wakana II (the ladies of the Rokujō mansion play a concert); chapter 38, Suzumushi (Genji paints on the face of a fan); and chapter 41, Maboroshi (Genji consults with a priest while gazing at his recently deceased wife's favorite prunus tree). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing