Volume 3 from Tale of Bunshō (Bunshō sōshi) - Chester Beatty Online Collections

Object Information

Manuscript

Object no:: J 1011.3

Title:: Volume 3 from Tale of Bunshō (Bunshō sōshi)

Artist and production place:: Unknown
Japan
Nonoguchi Ryūho (formerly attributed to)
Japan

Production date:: Late 17th century

Dimensions:: 300 mm x 226 mm x 7 mm (height x width x depth)

Material:: Paper (material) Ink (material) Gold leaf Gold pigment Silk

Language:: Japanese (language)

Collection:: Japanese collection

Document type:: Manuscript

Object name:: Codex

Description:: Manuscript book, Volume 3 from 'Tale of Bunshō' (Bunshō sōshi), the text illustrated with paintings in ink, colours and gold on paper, bound with silk covers; made in Japan in the late 17th century. Part of a 3 volume set telling the popular tale of Bunshō, a poor laborer whose piety is rewarded with success and happiness.

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