Gallery-wrapped, ready to hang
Stretched over a 38 mm (1.5 in) bar and delivered stretched — there is nothing to assemble and no separate frame to buy.
Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji Wall Art
ART BY: Tosa School
Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji Wall Art
ART BY: Tosa School
Standard, 800 × 263pxWEBP · Free
DownloadMax Size, 4,000 × 1,314pxJPG
License: All public domain files can be freely used for personal and commercial projects. Don’t resell the files as a stock or archive collection.
Product Details
"Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji" by Tosa School, early 17th century. Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on decorated-paper shikishi (poetry cards). Original high-resolution public-domain artwork from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
View all artworks by Tosa School→
| Artist | Tosa School |
| Year | 1633 |
| Origin | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Original Size | Image: 31 1/8 in. × 9 ft. 1/4 in. (79 × 275 cm) Overall with mounting: 35 13/16 in. × 9 ft. 5 3/8 in. (91 × 288 cm) |
| Category | Paintings |
| Style | Momoyama (1573–1615) or Edo (1615–1868) period |
| Color | Brown |
| Resolution | 4000x1314 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| File Type | High-resolution JPG |
| Source | Public domain, restored by Archive Lane |
| License | Personal & commercial use, no attribution required |
| Delivery | Instant digital download |
| SKU | 482698 |
Instant digital delivery.Download the original high-resolution file immediately with your membership — no shipping, no waiting.
Legal Disclaimer
This public domain artwork is offered as an original high-resolution digital download.
About this artwork
Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji is a public-domain artwork by Tosa School, dated 1633. The artist is catalogued as Japanese. The source scan comes from the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the file offered here measures 4000 × 1314 px. It is filed under Paintings, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 9 works by Tosa School.
The Tosa school of Japanese painting was founded in the early Muromachi period, and was devoted to yamato-e, paintings specializing in subject matter and techniques derived from ancient Japanese art, as opposed to schools influenced by Chinese art, notably the Kanō school (狩野派). Tosa school paintings are characterised by "areas of flat opaque colour enclosed by simple outlines, where drawing is precise and conventional", with many narrative subjects from Japanese literature and history. However, by the 17th century both Tosa and Kanō artists broadened their range, and the distinction between these and other schools became less clear.
Explore More Artworks
Frequently asked questions
Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day).
