Autumn Poems from the Kokin wakashu (Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient ...

Classification: Painting

Category: Object Category

Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund

Geography: Japan

Period: Momoyama and Edo Period (1573-1868)

Technique: Japanese Art

Hijiri Date: 67

Date Created: 1600s

Collection: ASIAN - Handscroll

Copyrights: PICTION COPYRIGHT

Dimensions: Average - h:32.70 w:549.00 cm (h:12 13/16 w:216 1/8 inches)

Material: Handscroll; ink on silk with gold and silver

Additional Information: 36536

Description: Here, the calligrapher Hon’ami Koetsu copied poems 169 to 179 from the autumn section of Kokin wakashu. Unlike many poem scrolls featuring verses from Kokin wakashu, this handscroll’s poems were brushed on silk. [Seunghye Sun, Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry"]

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