Three poems from the “Later Collection of Japanese Poems” (Gosen wakashū), known as the “Karasumaru Fragment” (Karasumaru-gire)

Fujiwara no Sadayori

early 12th century

Three poems from the “Later Collection of Japanese Poems” (Gosen wakashū), known as the “Karasumaru Fragment” (Karasumaru-gire) by Fujiwara no Sadayori

Medium

Page from book, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

Image: 8 1/8 in. × 5 in. (20.6 × 12.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 48 7/16 × 14 3/16 in. (123 × 36 cm) Overall with knobs: 48 7/16 × 15 11/16 in. (123 × 39.8 cm)

Classification

Calligraphy

Culture & Period

Japan · Heian period (794–1185)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Accession Number

2015.300.232

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