Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakash?), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire) 12th century Fujiwara no Norinaga By the 1100s, many courtiers and court ladies of the palace were inscribing kana calligraphy with a firmer brush compared to previous generations. Traditionally, the inscription of these poems was attributed to the courtier Asukai Masatsune (1170–1221), but modern scholarship has securely identified it as by Norinaga, the brother of Masatsune’s grandfather, helping to establish a more solid framework of how kana writing styles Three
Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakash?), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire) 12th century Fujiwara no Norinaga By the 1100s, many courtiers and court ladies of the palace were inscribing kana calligraphy with a firmer brush compared to previous generations. Traditionally, the inscription of these poems was attributed to the courtier Asukai Masatsune (1170–1221), but modern scholarship has securely identified it as by Norinaga, the brother of Masatsune’s grandfather, helping to establish a more solid framework of how kana writing styles Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakash?), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire). Fujiwara no Norinaga (Japanese, 1109–1180). Japan. 12th century. Page from a booklet, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper. Heian period (794–1185). Calligraphy
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