本阿弥光悦書 木版下絵和歌巻断簡|Twelve Poems from the New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
Hon'ami Kōetsu|Tawaraya Sōtatsu
ca. 1620
Medium
Handscroll; ink and gold on silk
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/8 in. × 16 ft. 1/8 in. (34 × 488 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
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
2015.300.87
Tags
Poetry
About the Artist
Hon'ami Kōetsu|Tawaraya Sōtatsu · 1558–1638
Famed as a calligrapher, artist, and sword connoisseur.