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Lake Biwa
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- BK1090
| Title | Lake Biwa |
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| Designation | |
| Artist | Zheng Xiaoxu |
| Category | Calligraphy (B) |
| Country | China |
| Period | Republic of China |
| Century | 20th |
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| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 39.6cm Width 36.4cm |
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This Chinese poem in seven-character lines extols the scenery of Japan’s largest inland lake. Zheng Xiaoxu (1860–1938) was a statesman of the late Qing (1644–1912) who eventually became the first prime minister of Manchukuo (Manchuria). He wrote this after a lakeside banquet. Can you tell that he had been drinking?
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