Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months
Gion Nankai
probably late 1730s
Medium
Set of twelve unmounted sheets of paper (originally a pair of six-panel folding screens); ink on paper
Dimensions
Image (each): 50 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (128.3 × 52.7 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Stephen Addiss, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2016
Accession Number
2016.747a–l
Rights
Public Domain