小野お通書 源氏物語画帖|Excerpts from The Tale of Genji
Ono no Ozū (Ono no Tsū)|Tosa School
early 17th century · Leaves from an orihon album; calligraphies: ink on decorated paper; paintings: ink, color, and gold on paper · Asian Art
The work of Ono no Ozū, one of the most prominent women calligraphers of premodern Japan, graces decorated shikishi (poetry cards) in this pair of albums featuring scenes from The Tale of Genji by an unknown Tosa-school painter. The paintings were formerly attributed to Tosa Mitsuyoshi (1539–1613), associated with a colorful style and detailed brushwork. In the two chapters from Genji presented here, Ozū transformed canonical poems into novel calligraphic compositions.
- Artist
- Ono no Ozū (Ono no Tsū)|Tosa School
- Date
- early 17th century
- Medium
- Leaves from an orihon album; calligraphies: ink on decorated paper; paintings: ink, color, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
