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Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki

Illuminated Manuscripts and Calligraphic Works

The Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki is a Japanese illustrated handscroll made in the mid-13th century, during the Kamakura period, based on the private diary that Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting at the Heian court and author of The Tale of Genji, kept around 1008 to 1010. Painted in the yamato-e style, it revives the artistic conventions of the Heian court roughly two centuries after the diary was written. Four scrolls survive today in varying condition, dispersed among the Fujita Art Museum in Osaka, the Gotoh Museum and Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo, and private collections, with portions designated a National Treasure or Important Cultural Property of Japan. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Medium
paint and ink on paper handscroll 1
Location
Fujita Art Museum, Osaka; Tokyo National Museum and Gotoh Museum, Tokyo; and private collections 1
Sources
1. Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki (Wikipedia)
  • infobox, Medium field
    Paint and ink on paper handscroll
  • Introduction section
    four paper scrolls of the emaki in varying condition, and stored in different collections: Hachisuka, Matsudaira, Hinohara scrolls (Tokyo), and Fujita scroll (Fujita Art Museum, Osaka)
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