Imperial Anthology, Kokinshu

Detail, Poems from the Kokin wakashū Anthology (Anthology of Poems Past and Present); Tawaraya Sōtatsu (act. ca. 1600–40); Hon’ami Kōetsu (1558–1637), calligrapher; Japan, Momoyama or Edo period, early 17th century; Handscroll; Ink, gold, silver, and mica on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1903.309

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Trees

Detail, Trees; Master of the I’nen Seal (1600–30), Sōtatsu school; Japan, mid-17th century; Pair of six-panel folding screens; Ink, colors, and gold on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1962.30-31

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Detail image, Waves at Matsushima; Tawaraya Sōtatsu, (act. ca. 1600–40); pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1906.231-232

Detail, Waves at Matsushima; Tawaraya Sōtatsu, (act. ca. 1600–40); pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; Freer Gallery of Art, F1906.231-232

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