Title

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari), ca. 1400. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari), ca. 1400. Emaki), narrative progressing from right to left, tells of an affair between a Buddhist monk and a younger male acolyte (chigo), after the tragic suicide of the chigo, the monk renounces carnal pleasure and attains salvation. Muromachi period (1392-1573)

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A38_186

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

31,6Mb (4,1Mb) / 16,5in x 7,4in / 4960 x 2225 (300dpi)

Keywords

sea coast people male man men love relationship romance religious landscape coastal country religion panoramic guy monk monks romantic museum geography color Japan Japanese death Christianity location century ink image concept suicide two people SCROLL clergy salvation Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art tragic romancing 15th century fifteenth century geographical feature handscroll love story Muromachi period landscape Unknown narrative letterbox format Acolyte Heritage Art and gold on paper ink color and gold on paper Handscroll 3 from a set of chigo emaki Handscroll 3 from a set of Portrait