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Spring in the Palace

Date1650/1700
MediumPigments and gold on paper
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions141 × 67 inches (358.14 × 170.18 cm)
Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase
Object number27.541
DescriptionScene from the Genji Monogatari on a 6 fold screen shows 2 houses of Genji's Rokujo Palace for his 4 ladies. On the proper left, a noble man and a lady are seated inside the house while watching trees and blossoms in outside. Her attendants, some are seated on verandah and some are wandering a garden. A stream of water with trees and bushes are placed in the center. Another quarter is shown on the proper right. Inside the second house a lady and her 6 attendants are seated while watching three women, 2 of them are holding a flower vase while the third lady is arranging a flowering branch.
On View
On view
Locations
  • Examination   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Marble House