Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 19 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari)

Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnôMuromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

Details

Title: Wisps of Cloud (Usugumo), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 19 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari)
Creator Lifespan: 1456 - 1532
Creator Nationality: Japanese
Creator Gender: male
Date: Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510
Physical Dimensions: w18.4 x h24.2 cm
Period: Muromachi period, 1392-1568
Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Creation Place: Kyôto/Kyôto Metropolitan Area/Japan/East Asia
Artist: Fushimi no miya Kunitaka shinnô
Type: Calligraphy
External Link: Harvard Art Museums
Medium: The nineteenth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

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