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Two Poems from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems (Kokin wakashū)

Ike no Taiga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image features a framed piece of artwork with a green border and a beige center. The green border has a darker green outer edge and lighter green inner section with thin vertical lines, and a tan section at the top and bottom with a textured pattern. The beige center contains black Japanese calligraphy arranged in four columns of text. The left column is shorter and thicker than the other columns. There is a red seal stamp at the bottom left. The artwork appears to be on a hanging scroll. The title of the piece is "Two Poems from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems (Kokin wakashū)" and the artist is Ike no Taiga.

Artwork details

Date:
1734
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
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