JAPON PÉRIODE EDO, XVIIIe-DÉBUT XIXe SIÈCLE Attribué... Lot n° 43

small six-leaf folding screen painted in colour on gilded paper, in the style of Heian, of animated scenes of numerous characters outside and inside a residence, illustrating the Genji Monogatari. Total size: 72 x 183 cm (Accidents and restorations) Provenance Private French Collection Cf. equivalent to Seikado Bunko Art Museum: Sekiya Scene from the Genji Novel: Tawaraya Sotatsu early 17th century.