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Flame
High-resolution facsimiles
- Material
- printed on silk
- Period of creation
- The Joint-research Project with CPCP 2020
- Collection
- Tokyo National Museum
Original
- Artist
- Uemura Shoen
- Historical era
- Taisho (20th century)
- Material
- Color on silk
- Medium
- hanging scroll
- Size
- H190.9 × W91.8 cm
- Collection
- Tokyo National Museum
Description
This is the spirit of Lady Rokujo, a character from the novel The Tale of Genji. The former lover of Prince Genji, she went mad with jealousy. Her emotional torment and descent into madness are reflected by the curves of her figure and those of the garment‘s pattern, which shows wildly blooming wisteria and spider webs. This work is unusual in the oeuvre of Shoen, who is known mainly for her depictions of beautiful women.
— Cited from CPCP
