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title: Scene from the Tale of Genji
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6545/scene-from-the-tale-of-genji/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Scene from the Tale of Genji

_Authored by James Blake Wiener_

## Image File

[![Scene from the Tale of Genji](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6545.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6545.jpg)

## Image Caption

Part of a cabinet for storing volumes of the [Tale of Genji](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tale_of_Genji/), the 11th century CE classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu. The scene is from that novel. Maki-e lacquer, [Edo period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Edo_Period/), 17th-18th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, April 21). Scene from the Tale of Genji. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6545/scene-from-the-tale-of-genji/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Scene from the Tale of Genji." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 21, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6545/scene-from-the-tale-of-genji/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Scene from the Tale of Genji." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Apr 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6545/scene-from-the-tale-of-genji/>.

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