A PANORAMIC TALE OF GENJI MAKIMONO IN BOXJapanese, mid-Edo period, 18th/19th century copy of an original 1200 AD scroll,bination of woodblock printing and hand painted, in original wooden box. Elongated panels of the iconic literature, notated, reaching just over eighteen feet. The original, probably executed by the Kuge of Kyoto Imperial Court, once stored in the Matsuyama Library of Shikoku Prefecture during Edo Period.Dimensions: 218 in. (553.7 cm.)