The Chinese Calligrapher Boying (Japanese: Hakuei; also known as the “Sage of Cursive Script”); “Inkstone” (Suzuri), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Yashima Gakutei

Japanese, 1786?–1868

Dateca. 1827

MediumWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions8 x 7 1/8 in. (20.3 x 18.1 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationPrints

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

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