Artworks

Murasaki Shikibu nikki emaki (Fujita scroll)

Artwork · Anonymous · first half of the 13th century · emakimono · Fujita Art Museum

Illustrations to the diary of Murasaki Shikibu, lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi. In this scene the empress’s father, Fujiwara no Michinaga, stands on the veranda of his mansion watching two elaborate boats on the lake, prepared for the festivities at the birth of his grandson, the imperial heir. 1 Mason 2005, p. 108, fig. 134. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.