小倉百人一首和歌巻断簡, Two Poems from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura hyakunin isshu), Hon'ami Kōetsu, ca. 1615–20

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小倉百人一首和歌巻断簡, Two Poems from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Ogura hyakunin isshu), Momoyama period (1573–1615), ca. 1615–20, Japan, Section of scroll; ink, silver, and gold on paper, Image: 13 in. × 23 3/4 in. (33 × cm), Paintings, Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637), Painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, died ca. 1640), This fragment once belonged to a handscroll featuring the poetry of the entire anthology One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets. The underpainting in gold and silver by Tawaraya Sōtatsu describes the life cycle of the lotus—a plant associated with Buddhism

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