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Brush
after Gakuteiearly 1890s
Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland
Lady Wei (Ei Fujin in Japanese), the wife of Li Ju, Governor or Ruyin, died in AD 140. She was famous as a calligrapher in the rei, or formal style of script. The poems compare the fragrance of a newly ground ink with the fragrance of plum blossoms; the first puns on ka (fragrance) and kara (Chinese).
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Details
- Title: Brush
- Creator: after Gakutei
- Date Created: early 1890s
- Physical Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Location Created: Japan
- Original Source: Chester Beatty Library
- Rights: © Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
- Collection Number: CBL J 2091
- Additional Description: from the series: The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle
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