MAKE A MEME View Large Image Matsuke Heikichi - Nogaku zue - Walters 95244.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Daikokuya Matsuki Heikichi en Lady Tamakazura is a character from the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji Born the illegitimate daughter of Genji's best ...
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Keywords: Matsuke Heikichi - Nogaku zue - Walters 95244.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Daikokuya Matsuki Heikichi en Lady Tamakazura is a character from the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji Born the illegitimate daughter of Genji's best friend and left homeless at a young age she was raised by a nurse in the provinces On her return to the capital Genji appeared to play the role of protective father He was in fact secretly in love with the girl and made unwelcome advances To escape her predicament Tamakazura married a man she detested Kogyo shows Tamakazura performing a dance that conveys her feelings He has put a border around this depiction and placed it over a framed painting of a wandering priest a reference to Tamakazura's youth in the provinces signing the half-hidden painting with one of his earlier art names Kohan 1899 Meiji pigments mulberry paper cm 25 37 2 accession number 95 244 16335 Mr and Mrs C R Snell Jr date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr and Mrs C R Snell Jr 1989 Signature Kogyo place of origin Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license PD-old-auto 1927 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Daikokuya Matsuki Heikichi Kōgyo Tsukioka
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