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“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji
Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539–1613)
late 16th–early 17th century
- Medium
- Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 65 in. × 12 ft. 3/4 in. (165.1 × 367.7 cm)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
