Section of the Dream Diary (Yume no ki) with a Sketch of Mountains, 明恵房高弁筆 『夢の記』, Kamakura period (1185–1333), ca. 1203–10, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 12 x 19 in. (30.5 x 48.3 cm), Calligraphy, Myōe Kōben (Japanese, 1173–1232), The content of a dream is inscribed in a mixture of Chinese characters and Japanese phonetic syllables known as katakana, along with a sketchy depiction of three mountains. The dreamer records a meeting with two of his acquaintances, one of whom turned out to be a deity of the Kasuga Shrine in Nara
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Section, Dream Diary, Yume no ki, Sketch, Mountains, 明恵房高弁筆 『夢の記』, Kamakura period, 1185–1333, ca, 1203–10, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, paper, Image, 12 x 19, 30.5 48.3 cm, Calligraphy, Myōe Kōben, Japanese, 1173–1232, content, dream, inscribed, mixture, Chinese, characters, Japanese phonetic syllables, katakana, sketchy depiction, three mountains, dreamer records, meeting, two, acquaintances, whom turned, out, deity, Kasuga, Shrine, Nara
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