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Japanese
Noh libretto box with scene from Tale of Genji (18th century-19th century)
lacquer on wood
20.0 × 40.0 × 30.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Baillieu Myer AC and Mrs Sarah Myer, 2021
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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About this work
This elaborately decorated box is testament to the refined tastes and sophisticated ambience associated with Noh theatre. Intended for the storage of libretti (vocal scores), musical scores and instructions for dance postures, it displays a scene from Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century literary work The Tale of Genji.