ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS, TOSA SCHOOL

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

Two Japanese album leaves depicting scenes from the Genji Monogataori (The Tale of Genji), in ink, colour and gold on paper, one depicting chapter 39, scene 7 ('Evening Mist'), the other with a group of monks, possibly for the funeral of Genji's wife Aoi, both framed and glazed, both approx. 29.5cm x 24.3cm; together with a portrait of a woman wearing Heian garments, possibly the poetess Murasaki Shikibu (c.973-1031), mounted on board and framed, 27.5cm x 23cm. (3)

Provenance: from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art.