桜下絵和歌色紙　紀 貫之, Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 872–945) on Decorated Paper with Cherry Blossoms, Ogata Sōken, mid- to late 17th c

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桜下絵和歌色紙　紀 貫之, Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 872–945) on Decorated Paper with Cherry Blossoms, Edo period (1615–1868), mid- to late 17th century, Japan, Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper, Image: 8 3/8 × 7 11/16 in. ( × cm), Calligraphy, Ogata Sōken (Japanese, 1621–1687), Ogata Sōken headed a wealthy Kyoto merchant family that specialized in textiles, had close ties to the palace, and helped revive traditional Japanese arts in early eighteenth-century Kyoto. His crisp, elegant, and dynamic calligraphy shows indebtedness to the style of Hon’ami Kōetsu, who had revolutionized the art of brush writing in the early seventeenth century

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