Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 28 15/16 × 14 7/8 in. ( × cm) (image)61 7/16 × 20 3/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan, 16th century, Ranked first in the early poetry collection Man’yōshū and considered one of the 'Thirty-six Immortal Poets,' Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (d. ca. 710) is among the best known masters of Japanese-style poetry. Portraits of the beloved poet were treated as religious icons as early as the classical Heian period. The inscription brushed at top left is an ancient poem

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