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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
This screen depicts an episode from the Tales of Ise , a 10th-century collection of poems and associated narratives in which the main character composes the following poem while drinking sake and viewing cherry blossoms: If, in this world of ours / All the cherry blossoms / Disappeared / The heart of spring / Might find peace. Our hero relaxes on a shoulder rest, gazing at the flowers, his sake dish before him on a lacquered stand. A plump boy attendant monitors the sake dishes, a ewer at the ready. An associate sits with paper, ink, and brush, poised to record poems.
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熊野縁起絵巻|Illustrated Legends of the Origins of the Kumano Shri
Kaihō Yūsetsu — 伝海北友雪筆 『源氏物語』 絵巻|The Tale of Genji
Tamura Suio (Japanese, active late 1600s–early 1700s) — Beau
Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592) — The Four Accomplishments
Tosa School — 土佐派 『源氏物語』画帖|Scenes from The Tale of Genji
Tosa School (Japanese) — Scenes from the Tale of Genji
Tosa Mitsuyoshi — 源氏物語図屏風 (胡蝶)|“Butterflies”
Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755) — Flowers and Trees of 
Kawamata Tsunemasa — 川又常正筆 「夕顔」『源氏物語』|"Evening Faces" chapt
平家物語図屏風 「小督」 「大原御幸」|"Kogō" and "The Imperial Procession to 
Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643–1682) — Minamoto no Nakaku
