Volume 2 from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) - Chester Beatty Online Collections

Object Information

Manuscript

Object no:: J 1050.2

Title:: Volume 2 from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Artist and production place:: Unknown
Japan

Production date:: Late 16th century

Dimensions:: 298 mm x 224 mm x 90 mm (height x width x depth)

Material:: Paper (material) Ink (material) Pigment (material) Gold leaf

Collection:: Japanese collection

Document type:: Manuscript

Object name:: Codex

Description:: Manuscript book, Volume 2 from 'Tales of Ise' (Ise monogatari), the text illustrated with paintings in ink, colours and gold on paper; made in Japan in the late sixteenth century. Part of a 3 volume set of this tenth-century literary masterwork, which combines verse and prose to narrate the romantic and poetic exploits of its protagonist, understood to represent the courtier Ariwara no Narihira (825–880).

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