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Byōdō-in Temple in the Snow

Museum No.
AK1346
平等院雪景図屏風 Image 画像を拡大する

Photo No:357-8634
Color type:Color

though we cannot know / the anchorage where spring / at last will come to rest / boats laden with brushwood sink / into Uji River mists
By Jakuren (1139?–1202), trans. Laurel Rasplica Rodd
This scene derives from classical waka poetry. Its use of space and brushwork are typical of Kyoto’s Maruyama-Shijō school.

Japan-Edo

Title Byōdō-in Temple in the Snow
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Artist Shiokawa Bunrin
Category Painting (A), Early Modern Painting
Country Japan
Period Edo
Century 19th
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