“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1634, Japan, Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Image: 9 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (24.6 × 20.8 cm), Paintings, Painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, died ca. 1640), Inscribed by Takeuchi Toshiharu (Japanese, 1611–1647), This poem card comes from a set of more than twenty surviving sheets, each of which is illustrated with a scene from the tenth-century Tales of Ise and accompanied by a poem from the relevant chapter inscribed by a calligrapher of the day
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Mount Utsu, Utsu no yama, Tales, Ise, Ise monogatari, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1634, Japan, Poem card, shikishi, mounted, hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, paper, Image, 9 11/16, 8 3/16, 24.6, 20.8 cm, Paintings, Painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese, died ca., 1640, Inscribed Takeuchi Toshiharu, 1611–1647, poem, card, comes, set, twenty surviving, sheets, illustrated, scene, tenth-century Tales, accompanied, relevant chapter, inscribed, calligrapher, day
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