Review: 'The Tale of Genji' is Japan’s most revered book, and likely the first novel ever. This exhibition takes us into its enigmatic world.
Illustrations by Tosa Mitsunobu, 1434–1525, with text by Various calligraphers."Tale of Genji Album of Illustrations and Calligraphic Excerpts." Japan, Muromachi period , 1509. By Sebastian Smee Sebastian Smee Art critic Email Bio Follow Art critic March 28 Imagine a world where the things in life that count most — pillow talk, matters of the heart, adjustments of power both subtle and sudden — are continually glimpsed as if through a screen, or around a corner.
Combining prose with short poems, “The Tale of Genji” is difficult to classify. But it is widely considered not only the first novel by a Japanese woman, or the first novel by a woman, but also the first novel anywhere, by anyone. Nyoirin Kannon. Japan, late Heian period , early 11th century. Wood with gold, gold leaf; carved from a single block of wood. Further superlatives, though warranted, sound jarring against the hushed, hypersensitive mood the exhibition fosters. You walk in to darkened galleries through doors framed by stylized golden clouds. Those same golden clouds are a constant feature of Genji illustrations.
Everything about “The Tale of Genji” and its reception is steeped in mystery. Is the book really about Prince Genji, its radiantly beautiful male hero? Or is it, as many maintain, primarily about the women in Genji’s life, and their struggles for status, security and love? That temple, Ishiyamadera, has long been a pilgrimage site with its own so-called Genji-room. It has lent generously to the Met, which re-created aspects of the Genji-room shrine for the show.
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