The tale of Genji : a Japanese classic illuminated / John T. Carpenter and Melissa McCormick ; with Monika Bincsik and Kyoko Kinoshita ; preface by Sano Midori.

"This will be the first major loan exhibition in North America to focus on the artistic tradition inspired by Japan's most celebrated work of literature, The Tale of Genji. Written by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting in the early eleventh-century imperial court, and often referred to as the world...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carpenter, John T. (Author, Curator)
McCormick, Melissa, 1967- (Author, Curator)
Bincsik, Mónika (Author, Curator)
Kinoshita, Kyoko (Author, Curator)
Corporate Authors: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer, Host institution)
Yale University Press (Distributor)
Ediciones El Viso (Publisher) (Printer, Binder)
Other Authors: Urbanelli, Elisa (Editor)
Sano, Midori (author of preface.)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: New York, New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]
Subjects:
Murasaki Shikibu, > 978?- > Genji monogatari > Illustrations > Exhibitions.
Tale of Genji album > Illustrations > Exhibitions.
Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
Murasaki Shikibu, > 978-1016. > Genji monogatari.
Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai.
Painting, Japanese > Themes, motives > Exhibitions.
Arts and society > Japan > History > Exhibitions.
Japanese literature > Heian period, 794-1185 > History and criticism > Exhibitions.
Arts and society.
Japanese literature > Heian period.
Painting, Japanese > Themes, motives.
Japan > In art > Exhibitions.
Japan > Court and courtiers > In art > Exhibitions.
Japan.
Malerei.
Adaption > Literatur.
Kunst.
Rezeption.
794-1185
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Illustrations
Exhibitions.
In art
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:368 pages : color illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / Sano Midori
  • Introduction: a thousand years of the art of Genji / John T. Carpenter and Melissa McCormick
  • Essays. Learning the "women's hand" in Heian Japan: kana calligraphy and The Tale of Genji / John T. Carpenter
  • Beyond narrative illustration: what Genji paintings do / Melissa McCormick
  • Evolving iconographies of The Tale of Genji: early modern interpretations of a Yamato-e theme / Kyoko Kinoshita
  • Genji and good fortune: bridal trousseaux in the age of Tokugawa shoguns / Monika Bincsik
  • Catalogue. Heian court culture and the transmission of the tale : entries 1-13
  • Ishiyamadera and the Buddhist veneration of Murasaki Shikibu : entries 14-24 - Monochrome Genji pictures and the conventions of Hakubyō : entries 25-34
  • Imagining Genji through Tosa-School paintings : entries 35-52
  • Innovations and interventions in later Genji painting : entries 53-64
  • An elegant lifestyle inspired by Genji: lacquers, garments, and games: entries 65-89
  • Genji and print culture: from Ukiyo-e to Manga : entries 90-106
  • Appendices. Shinden architecture and The Tale of Genji / Akazawa Mari
  • Genji at a glance: fifty-four scenes from the Tale / Melissa McCormick.