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Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued

Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin Japanese
Underpainting by Ogata Sōken Japanese
1651
Not on view
Elegantly brushed on lavishly decorated paper by the Kyoto calligrapher Kojima Sōshin, this series of classical waka is drawn from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued (Shoku senzai wakashū), an imperially commissioned anthology of the fourteenth century. Whereas Sōshin applied the very tip of the brush to write in kana, he executed certain Chinese characters on a demonstrably larger scale using the brush’s side.

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  • 小島宗真筆　『續千載和歌集』　抄和歌卷
  • Title: Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued
  • Artist: Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656)
  • Artist: Underpainting by Ogata Sōken (Japanese, 1621–1687)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1651
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold
  • Dimensions: Image: 11 1/4 in. × 30 ft. 3 3/16 in. (28.5 × 922.5 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 11 1/4 in. × 31 ft. 7 5/16 in. (28.5 × 963.5 cm)
  • Classification: Calligraphy
  • Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.853.14
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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