Minamoto Shunrai (or Toshiyori), 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 39 × 14 7/16 in. ( × cm) (image)68 1/2 × 19 3/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on paper (painting), ink and gold on paper (poem card), Japan, 17th century, An aristocrat and famous poet, Minamoto Shunrai (1055–1129), also known as Minamoto Toshiyori, lived during Japan’s classical Heian period (794–1185). He is known for composing innovative verses and for compiling the imperial poetry anthology Kin’yō wakashū (Collection of Golden Leaves) in the 1120s, at the behest of Emperor Shirakawa

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