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Calligraphy

Hon'ami Kōetsucirca 1560-1637

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States

A hanging scroll with calligraphy in ink on paper. It is decorated with wood-block designs of wisteria, ferns and grass, all in gold and silver. Leafy foliage fills the bottom edge and top edge of the composition. The calligraphy fills center of the composition, and the pigment is silver and gold and metallic.
From " Shin Kokin Waka Shu"

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  • Title: Calligraphy
  • Creator: Kōetsu, Hon'ami, Sotatsu, Tawaraya (later Nonomura)
  • Date Created: circa 1560-1637
  • Location Created: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.
New Orleans Museum of Art

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