January 25–March 5, 2017, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily in the Class of 1912 Rare Book Room, Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr College.
This exhibition explores the reception history of images of the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji, through the visual field. This work, authored by a woman in the early eleventh century, is an enduring classic and the inspiration for countless works of art. The Bryn Mawr exhibition unveils the newly restored six-fold screen by Kano Seisen'in Osanobu (1796_1846). Painted in delicate detail with striking gold-leaf and brilliant pigments, Bryn Mawr's Osanobu screen provides a captivating introduction to a literary classic of Japan that continuesto shape the art and culture of Japan to this day.
Opening Reception
Wednesday, January 25, 4:30_6:30pm
Conservator's Lecture
Monday, February 6, 5pm, Carpenter 21
Hear about the process of restoring the screen from conservator Yoshi Nishio of Washington, D.C.
The screen's restoration was made possible by generous grants from The Sumitomo Foundation of Japan. The exhibition is supported by Bryn Mawr College's Friends of the Library, Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art, and Department of Special Collections.
