Agemachi (Trefoil Knots), Tale of Genji: Chapter 47 (Q18342658)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: Japanese art (Q603399)
artist: no value
collection: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
material used: ink (Q127418) color (Q1075) gold leaf (Q929186) paper (Q11472)
location of final assembly: Japan (Q17)
based on: The Tale of Genji (Q8269)
time period: Edo period (Q184963)
depicts: Kaoru (Q6366252) Uji (Q326956) river (Q4022) leaf (Q33971) boat (Q35872) kimono (Q483444) Earth's surface (Q1349417) Poaceae (Q43238) tree (Q10884) flute (Q11405)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/agemachi-trefoil-knots-tale-of-genji-chapter-47/

information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog

description: Kaoru (adopted son of Prince Genji) arrives in Uji to observe the anniversary of Prince Genji's death. He goes boating on the river in a boat "Roofed with scarlet leaves. The boat was like a gorgeous brocade, and the music, as members of the party joined their flutes in this impromptu offering, came in on

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