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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
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSelections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass (目日芝に唐獅子摺絵新古今集和歌巻), early 1600s. Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640). Handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1966.118
