Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Japanese, 1618-1694
A Collection of Japanese Paintings (Yamato e-zukushi)
INV-1889
Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Japanese, 1618-16941680
A Collection of Japanese Paintings (Yamato e-zukushi)
Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 Japanese, 1618-1694 →Japanese (culture or style)bookwoodblock
Date
1680
Medium
Woodblock printed book, sumizuri-e
Dimensions
27.3 × 18.5 cm (10 3/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Martin A. Ryerson Collection
In this volume are twenty illustrations of classic Japanese subjects drawn from literature. The illustration on display is a scene from the Tales of Ise, in which the poet Ariwara no Narihira carries away the priestess of Ise Shrine on his back.
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