Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)

Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久

Japanese, 1536–1612

Datelate 16th–early 17th century

MediumHandscroll section mounted as hanging scroll; ink on dyed and decorated paper

DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 × 18 5/8 in. (33.3 × 47.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 48 3/8 × 23 1/2 in. (122.9 × 59.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 48 3/8 × 25 3/4 in. (122.9 × 65.4 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodMomoyama period (1573–1615)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationPaintings

Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020

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