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金銀刷檜絵下絵和歌巻断簡 (Kingin-zuri hinoki shita-e wakakan dankan)|Waka Poem with Printed Gold-and-Silver Underpainting of Cypress Fronds

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦

early 17th century

金銀刷檜絵下絵和歌巻断簡 (Kingin-zuri hinoki shita-e wakakan dankan)|Waka Poem with Printed Gold-and-Silver Underpainting of Cypress Fronds by Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦

Medium

Section of a handscroll mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper with decoration printed in gold and silver

Dimensions

Image: 12 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (32.1 × 38.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 45 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (115 × 52.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 45 1/4 × 22 3/8 in. (114.9 × 56.8 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020

Accession Number

2020.396.18

About the Artist

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 (Japanese) · 1558 –1637

Japanese, 1558–1637

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