Poetry Cards in Shikishi, Tanzaku and Fan shapes Calligrapher: Unknown

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ca. 1650–1750

Asian Art

Not on view

Medium

Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper, mounted on white paper with gold edgeing

Dimensions

66 15/16 × 150 13/16 in. (170 × 383 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.10

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Alex Kerr Collection, Kyoto, Japan purchase from Kyoto auction houses and art dealers since the 1970s; gift in 2016 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

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