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Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass
Hon'ami Kōetsu, Tawaraya Sōtatsuearly 1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Hon’ami Kōetsu was a calligrapher and craftsman who frequently collaborated with the painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu, considered the first master of the Rinpa school. Kōetsu brushed seven poems from the autumn section of a poetry anthology onto dyed paper with motifs designed and printed in gold and silver by Sōtatsu.
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- Title: Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass
- Creator: Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640)
- Date Created: early 1600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1909-1990], El Dorado, Arkansas, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Calligraphy
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.118
- Medium: handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
- Inscriptions: Seal: 光悦
- Fun Fact: Before becoming a master painter of screens, Tawaraya Sōtatsu painted fans.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
- Accession Number: 1966.118
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