First Warbler from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

The painting depicts a scene from The Tale of Genji. The artwork is set against a brown background and shows a bird's-eye view of an interior courtyard with a staircase leading down to it. The staircase is on the left side and has a railing on the right side; it has several steps. The courtyard features a bird perched on a railing at the top; several other birds are flying. On the right side of the image, there is a half-open screen door. The artwork is framed with a gold border and mounted on a white background. There are two lines of black Japanese characters on a small beige rectangle on the top right corner. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of brown and black dominating the scene. The image appears to be an ink painting on paper. The title is "First Warbler" and the artist is not visually identified within the image.

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Dimensions: 771 × 900 px
Museum Record: View original

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First Warbler from Album of Illustrations for the Tale of Genji

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