Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest
1400s
section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of July 2026
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
General Blackbeard laments having smelly ash poured upon him by his angry wife in one of the poems.
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