Window Snow, late 17th - early 18th century, Kō Gentai, Japanese, 1649 - 1722, 11 3/8 × 19 1/16 in. ( × cm) (image), Ink on paper, Japan, Cursive script (sōsho), Kō Gentai’s father was a Chinese administrator who had left Japan after fathering a child there. Gentai spent ten years as a young man searching unsuccessfully for his father in China and then returned to Japan to become an interpreter. He studied medicine and became a health expert, serving the shogun in Edo (today’s Tokyo) from 1709–1721. Gentai was known for his cursive script. This calligraphy shows two characters

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