CalligraphyJapanese12th-14th century

Selected Forty-Six Winter Poems (Itsumei shisen-shū fragment)

Kamakura period, circa 12th-14th century

Classification

Calligraphy

Medium

Handscroll; pale blue and purple clouds on paper; gold and silver frontispiece

Culture

Japanese

Period

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Century

12th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

24.5 x 278.6 cm (9 5/8 x 109 11/16 in.)

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