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391 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
401 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Poems about the Arrival of Autumn, from Newly Selected Collection of Poems to Sing (Shinsen rōeishū), one of the “Yamana Fragments” (Yamana-gire)
Fujiwara no Mototoshi (d. 1142)
ca. 1116–22 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper with gold and silver flecks
Cleared · Public Domain
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Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass
Hon'ami Kōetsu (d. 1637)
early 1600s · Calligraphy, handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
Cleared · CC0
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Poems about Neighbors, from Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Wakan rōeishū), one of the “Tatsuta Fragments” (Tatsuta-gire)
Minamoto Ienaga (d. 1234)
13th century · Hanging scroll; ink on decorated paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Poems from the “Cloud-Patterned Paper” version of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami-bon Wakan rōeishū)
Monk Jakuren (d. 1202)
13th century · Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on indigo dyed paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Album of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing
Konoe Nobutada (d. 1614)
early 17th century · Album of thirty-six leaves; each on gold, silver, or colored decorated paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Anthology of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōeishū) with Underpainting of Arrowroot Vines
Konoe Nobuhiro (d. 1649)
early 17th century · Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilt paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)
Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久 (d. 1612)
late 16th–early 17th century · Handscroll section mounted as hanging scroll; ink on dyed and decorated paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued
Kojima Sōshin (d. 1656)
1651 · Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Poems on “Wind” from Japanese and Chinese and Poems to Sing
Horie Yorinao (Tōgen) (d. 1693)
1670 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Twelve Poems from the New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
Hon'ami Kōetsu (d. 1637)
ca. 1620 · Handscroll; ink and gold on silk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Piece from a Kosode with Cherry Blossoms and Poem Slips
Unrecorded maker
late 17th–early 18th century · Yūzen-dyed silk crepe (chirimen) with appliqué and embroidery in silk and metallic thread
Cleared · Public Domain
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Chinese Poems and Calligraphy
Mitsui Shinna 三井親和 (d. 1782)
1779 · Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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