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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

    Waka Byobu (Poetry Screen)

    Artist: Konoe Nobutada, Japanese, 1565–1614
    Date: 
    ca. 1610–14
    Medium: 

    Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2010.39.1
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Momoyama period (1573–1615)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    Not on view
    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 in Sutra Script (Fojing Wen) from the Sutra of the Great and Complete Nirvana (Mahaparinirvana)

    Date: 
    late 7th century c.e.
    Medium: 

    Handscroll, ink on paper

    Accession Number: 
    2013.19.1
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Sui dynasty (581–617 C.E.) or Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphic Scroll

    Artist: Dong Zuobin, 1895–1963
    Date: 
    1946
    Medium: 

    hanging scroll, ink on pink gold flecked paper

    Accession Number: 
    1948.2
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Republican period (1912–49)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Calligraphic scroll

    Artist: Dong Zuobin, 1895–1963
    Date: 
    1946
    Medium: 

    hanging scroll, ink on pink gold flecked paper

    Accession Number: 
    1948.1
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Republican period (1912–49)
    Classification: 
    Calligraphy
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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