Presents 17 classic Japanese stories - tales romantic and horrifying, epic and meditative - as told through 30 illustrated handscrolls, ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries
'Storytelling in Japanese Painting' presents 17 classic Japanese stories - tales romantic and horrifying, epic and meditative - as told through 30 remarkable scrolls, ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries.
'Storytelling in Japanese Painting' presents 17 classic Japanese stories - tales romantic and horrifying, epic and meditative - as told through 30 remarkable scrolls, ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries.
'Storytelling in Japanese Painting' presents 17 classic Japanese stories - tales romantic and horrifying, epic and meditative - as told through 30 remarkable scrolls, ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries.
"In 2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a rare masterwork of Japanese art--A Long Tale for an Autumn Night, a set of three illustrated handscrolls, each more than ten meters long, dating from the medieval period. This major acquisition gave rise to the exhibition "Stor…