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TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MONK SAIGYO. Three Poems from the "Later Collection of Japanese Poems" (Gosen wakashu), or "Shirakawa Fragment" (Shirakawa-gire)

Three Poems from the "Later Collection of Japanese Poems" (Gosen wakashu), or "Shirakawa Fragment" (Shirakawa-gire). Artist: Traditionally attributed to Monk Saigyo (Japanese, 1118-1190). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (17.4 × 14.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 51 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (130.3 × 36.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 51 5/16 × 16 1/4 in. (130.3 × 41.2 cm). Date: late 12th century.

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Author: TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MONK SAIGYO (1118-1190)

Title: Three Poems from the "Later Collection of Japanese Poems" (Gosen wakashu), or "Shirakawa Fragment" (Shirakawa-gire)

Caption: Three Poems from the "Later Collection of Japanese Poems" (Gosen wakashu), or "Shirakawa Fragment" (Shirakawa-gire). Artist: Traditionally attributed to Monk Saigyo (Japanese, 1118-1190). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (17.4 × 14.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 51 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (130.3 × 36.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 51 5/16 × 16 1/4 in. (130.3 × 41.2 cm). Date: late 12th century.

Technique/material: Page from book, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper

Period: Heian period (794-1185)

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3148 × 4200 px | 37.8 MB

Print size: 26.7 × 35.6 cm | 1239.4 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN ART • BOOKS • CALLIGRAPHY • HANGING SCROLLS • HEIAN PERIOD (794-1185) • INK • JAPAN • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAGE FROM BOOK, MOUNTED AS HANGING SCROLL; INK ON PAPER • PAINTINGS • PAPER • SCROLL PAINTINGS • SCROLLS • TRADITIONALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MONK SAIGYO