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藤下絵和歌色紙
Poem from the Anthology of Ancient and Modern Poems (Kokin-shû) with design of wisteria
藤下絵和歌色紙
Calligrapher: Hon'ami Kôetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)
Painter: Tawaraya Sôtatsu (Japanese, died about 1640)
Painter: Tawaraya Sôtatsu (Japanese, died about 1640)
Japanese
Momoyama period
early 17th century
Medium/Technique
Poem card mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and mica on paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.9 × 17.1 cm (7 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Mounted: 125.1 × 37 cm (49 1/4 × 14 9/16 in.)
Overall: 127.3 × 41.1 × 2.1 cm (50 1/8 × 16 3/16 × 13/16 in.)
Mounted: 125.1 × 37 cm (49 1/4 × 14 9/16 in.)
Overall: 127.3 × 41.1 × 2.1 cm (50 1/8 × 16 3/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Anne Nishimura Morse
Accession Number2014.1508
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 115
ProvenanceNovember 11, 2003, sold by James Freeman, Neston Ltd., 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)