桜下絵和歌色紙 紀 貫之, Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 872–945) on Decorated Paper with Cherry Blossoms, Edo period (1615–1868), mid- to late 17th century, Japan, Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper, Image: 8 3/8 × 7 11/16 in. (21.2 × 19.5 cm), Calligraphy, Ogata Sōken (Japanese, 1621–1687), Ogata Sōken headed a wealthy Kyoto merchant family that specialized in textiles, had close ties to the palace, and helped revive traditional Japanese arts in early eighteenth-century Kyoto. His crisp, elegant, and dynamic calligraphy shows indebtedness to the style of Hon’ami Kōetsu, who had revolutionized the art of brush writing in the early seventeenth century
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桜下絵和歌色紙 紀 貫之, Poem, Ki no Tsurayuki, ca, 872–945, Decorated Paper, Cherry Blossoms, Edo period, 1615–1868, mid, late 17th century, Japan, Poem card, shikishi, mounted, hanging scroll, ink, gold, paper, Image, 8 3/8, 7 11/16, 21.2, 19.5 cm, Calligraphy, Ogata Sōken, Japanese, 1621–1687, headed, wealthy Kyoto, merchant, family, specialized, textiles, close ties, palace, helped revive, traditional, arts, early eighteenth-century, Kyoto, crisp, elegant, dynamic calligraphy, indebtedness, style, Hon’ami Kōetsu, revolutionized, art, brush writing seventeenth, century
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