| Artist |
Gukei |
| Title |
A scene from Chapter 3 - Utsusemi, showing court ladies playing the game of go while being clandestinely observed by Prince Genji |
| Series |
54 Chapters of The Tale of Genji |
| Date |
c.1650 |
| Format |
Painting on paper (Image: 6 1/4" X 7 1/4"; frame: 11" X 12 1/2") |
| Comment |
Gukei was the priest name for Naiki Hirozumi, a practitioner of the Sumiyoshi School of painting, attached to the Tokugawa government. Known for painting pictorial scrolls. Listed in The Index of Japanese Painters. |
| Price |
$750. |
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