Poem Accompanying an Overrobe (Uchikake) with Bamboo, Rai San'yō, dated 1824

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Poem Accompanying an Overrobe (Uchikake) with Bamboo, Edo period (1615–1868), dated 1824, Japan, Handscroll; ink on paper, 11 7/8 x 116 3/4 in. ( x cm), Calligraphy, Rai San'yō (1780–1832), Long sleeves of twilled silk from Wu, as white as snow. Upon them painted bamboo thrusts as if alive. Madam Shimomura, from the north hall of the Karakane family, In her wedding trousseau, precious without compare

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