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Or 904
- Record Id:
- 032-003080566
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003080566
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025781253.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165003471.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 904
- Title:
-
Ise monogatari zue 伊勢物語図会
- Scope & Content:
- An illustrated manuscript of 'The Tales of Ise' , a collection of waka poems and narrative text arranged in 125 sections, which recounts the amorous adventures of a central character popularly identified as the poet and courtier Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 (825-880). Title on title slip: 伊勢物語圖會.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003080566", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 904: Ise monogatari zue 伊勢物語図会" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003080566
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003080566
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
3 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165003471.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1520
- End Date:
- 1560
- Date Range:
- 1520-1560
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Nara ehon. Originally in scroll format but later rebound into 3 folded books (orihon). Height of text: 151 mm
Material: ink and colour on paper
Dimensions: 165 x 355 mm
Binding: yellow paper covers with chrysanthemum design in black ink
Seals: a faint, illegible seal has been stamped across many of the the joins between the sheets making up the original scroll
- Custodial History:
- Formerly owned by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866). Siebold collection label on cover: 232
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the British Museum from Alexander von Siebold 22 July 1868
- Publications:
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Hizō Nihon bijutsu taikan. 4, Daiei Toshokan, Ashumorian Bijutsukan, Vikutoria Arubāto Hakubutsukan 秘蔵日本美術大観. 4, 大英図書館, アシュモリアン美術館, ヴィクトリア・アルバート博物館 , ed. by Hirayama Ikuo 平山郁夫 and Kobayashi Tadashi 小林忠 (Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1994), p. 86
- Exhibitions:
- Love, Fight, Feast: The World of Japanese Narrative Art, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 10 September 2021 - 5 December 2021
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ariwara Narihira, Japanese waka poet and courtier, 825-880
Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866 - Subjects:
- Japanese poetry--Heian period, 794-1185
Scrolls, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868