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    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Death Poem of Daitō Kokushi

    Artist: Suda Kokuta, Japanese, 1906–1990
    Date: 
    1986
    Medium: 

    Hanging scroll, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2012.146.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Showa era (1926–89)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Poem in the Waka Style

    Calligrapher: Hon’ami Kōetsu, Japanese, 1558–1637
    Designer (print): Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Japanese, active 1600–1643
    Date: 
    ca. 1606
    Medium: 

    Hanging scroll: Ink over color, gold, and silver on paper; with ivory rollers

    Accession Number: 
    2009.160.1
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Momoyama period (1573–1615)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice: Poems about the Flowering Plum

    Artist: Chang Ch’ung-ho 張充和, American, born China, 1914–2015
    Date: 
    ca. 1984
    Medium: 

    Album, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2013.65.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy in Running Script (Xing Shu)

    Artist: Dong Qichang, Chinese, 1555–1636
    Date: 
    1592
    Medium: 

    Fan mounted as an album leaf: ink on gold-dusted paper

    Accession Number: 
    1989.9.2
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    “A Plum Flower Scent Hits My Nose”

    Artist: Mokuan Shōtō, Chinese, 1611–1684
    Date: 
    3rd quafter 17th century
    Medium: 

    Hanging scroll; ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2012.75.1
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Edo period (1615–1868)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy

    Artist: Satake Kaikai, Japanese, 1738–1790
    Date: 
    2nd half 18th century
    Medium: 

    Pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2012.74.1a-b
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Edo period (1615–1868)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy

    Artist: Wang Zhaoyong, Chinese, 1861–1939
    Date: 
    1913
    Medium: 

    Square page mounted as an album leaf, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2003.142.17
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    late Qing dynasty (1644–1911) or Republican period (1912–49)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy

    Artist: Zhang Binglin, Chinese, 1868–1936
    Date: 
    1920
    Medium: 

    Album leaf, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2003.142.20
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Republican period (1912–49)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy

    Artist: Cen Zhongmian
    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Page for copying sutras mounted as an album leaf, ink on brown paper

    Accession Number: 
    2003.142.21
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    late Qing to early Republican period (1644–1949)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphy Couplets in Regular script (Kai shu)

    Artist: Liang Qichao, Chinese, 1873–1928
    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Pair of hanging scrolls, ink on gold-flecked yellow paper

    Accession Number: 
    2003.142.7a-b
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Qing dynasty (1644–1911) or early Republican period (1912–49)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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