Poem from Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years (Senzai wakashû) with design of butterflies

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Poem from Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years (Senzai wakashû) with design of butterflies

Calligrapher: Hon'ami Kôetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)
Painter: Tawaraya Sôtatsu (Japanese, died about 1640)

Japanese

Momoyama period

early 17th century

Medium/Technique Section from a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and mica on paper

Dimensions Image: 28.9 x 40.5 cm (11 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in Honor of Judith Dowling and John Dowling

Accession Number2014.1499

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCalligraphy

Marks Kôetsu (square relief seal)

Provenance1999, sold by Takashi Yanagi Object of Fine Arts (gallery), Kyoto, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)