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- Fragment from the Hon'ami Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems)
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National Treasure
Fragment from the Hon'ami Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems)
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- BK548
Photo No：170712_BL_0155
Color type：Color
| Title | Fragment from the Hon'ami Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems) |
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| Designation | National Treasure |
| Artist | |
| Category | Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy, Nara-Kamakura Calligraphy |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Heian Late |
| Century | 11th～12th |
| Year | |
| Quantity | 1 handscrolls |
| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 16.7cm Width 317cm Length 244cm |
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This scroll has no written title, but it contains forty-nine waka poems from the twelfth volume ("Poems of Love, II" ) of the early-Heian, official poetry anthology, the Kokin Wakashu. The poems are written on imported, Chinese paper with design of mica-imprinted bamboo and peach blossoms. The characters, spacing and continuous script are remarkable. The highly individual style of calligraphic sryle, traditionally attributed to 0no-no-Michikaze, coupled with the decorative beauty of the paper has given this scroll the highly honorific title, "the finest of the meibutsu-gire (famous calligraphic works)."
This work is said to have been part of the collection of Hon'ami Koetsu, the well-known Momoyama connoisseur-designer, and it is thus known as the "Hon'ami gire.
Japan-Heian-Late