Two Poems about Palace Gossip, one of the “Ōe Fragments” (Ōe-gire)

Fujiwara no Sadayori

Japanese, 995–1045

Dateearly 12th century

MediumPage from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on mica paper with gold flecks

DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (21 × 13 cm) Overall with mounting: 43 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (110.5 × 44.1 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodHeian period (794–1185)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationCalligraphy

Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2021

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