Scenes from the Tales of Ise
mid-1600s
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded 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
Scenes appear amid golden clouds augmented by raised designs formed of a pigment made from crushed shells ( gofun ). The technique is called moriage , literally “mounding” the pigment.
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