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gallery one: introductory lecture
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  From
the Tale of Genji Picture Scroll (Genji monogatari emaki),
late Heian period.
This portion of the scroll illustrates a scene in which the hero,
Genji, pays an infrequent visit to the Reizei emperor. While the
world thinks that Reizei is Genji's half-brother, he is actually
his son. The composition of the picture emphasizes the distance
between the two men, as they face each other at left, each submerged
in his own thoughts. At right, a courtier plays the flute; this
inconguity only amplifies the sense of thoughtful silence between
Genji and Reizei.
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  From
the Tale of Genji Picture Scroll (Genji monogatari emaki),
late Heian period.
In this scene, Genji visits his treasured wife Murasaki, who
is fataly ill.
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 From
the Tale of Genji Picture Scroll (Genji monogatari emaki),
late Heian period. |
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 From
the Tale of Genji Picture Scroll (Genji monogatari emaki),
late Heian period. |
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Photograph
of a modern nô performance. Nô drama reached its fruition
in Japan in the late fifteenth century (Ashikaga-Muromachi period).
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 The
modern nô stage. |
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 A
"waka-onna" nô mask representing a young woman. |
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 Sesshu
Toyo, "Winter landscape." Ink on silk, late fifteenth
century (Ashikaga-Muromachi period). |
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 Kanô
Eitoku, "Chinese Lions." Six-fold screen; ink and colors
on gold leaf ground; 225 x 459; latter sixteenth century (Momoyama
period).
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 Katsukawa
Shunchô, "Entering the Teahouse," hanging scroll
mounted on panel; ink, colors and gold on silk; 64.5 x 150.7 cm;
ca. 1790 (Edo period).
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 Katsukawa
Shunkô, "Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kazusa no
Gorobei Tadamitsu." Woodblock print; 32.2 x 22.5 cm; 1780 (Edo
period).
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 Mystery
image #1.
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