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  • The Metlive

    420 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    323 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Scroll Cover for Imperial Calligraphy"12 records

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Page from Illustrations and Explanations of the Three Jewels (Sanbō e-kotoba), one of the “Tōdaiji Fragments” (Tōdaiji-gire) by Minamoto no Toshiyori, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page from Illustrations and Explanations of the Three Jewels (Sanbō e-kotoba), one of the “Tōdaiji Fragments” (Tōdaiji-gire)

Minamoto no Toshiyori (d. 1129)

1120 · Page from a book; ink on decorated paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Awaiting the Emperor's Return from the Southern Suburbs by Wen Zhengming, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Awaiting the Emperor's Return from the Southern Suburbs

Wen Zhengming (d. 1559)

1559 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Waka Poem on Chrysanthemums by Shōren’in Sonchō Hosshinnō 青蓮院尊朝法親王, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Waka Poem on Chrysanthemums

Shōren’in Sonchō Hosshinnō 青蓮院尊朝法親王 (d. 1597)

late 16th century · Poetry sheet (waka kaishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Waka Poem by Emperor Go-Yōzei 後陽成天皇, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Waka Poem

Emperor Go-Yōzei 後陽成天皇 (d. 1617)

late 16th–early 17th century · Tanzaku mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on gold and silver decorated paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Poem on reclusion by Zhou Lianggong, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Poem on reclusion

Zhou Lianggong (d. 1672)

dated 1662 · Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Letter by Shiba Sonome 斯波園女, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letter

Shiba Sonome 斯波園女 (d. 1726)

1696 · Letter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fish and rocks by Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fish and rocks

Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (d. 1705)

dated 1699 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Blossoming plum by Jin Nong, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Blossoming plum

Jin Nong (d. 1773)

dated 1759 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scroll Cover for Imperial Calligraphy by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scroll Cover for Imperial Calligraphy

Unrecorded maker

1795 · Silk and metal thread tapestry (kesi)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Letter by Rai San’yō 頼山陽, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letter

Rai San’yō 頼山陽 (d. 1832)

ca. 1820–28 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Letter by Tanomura Chokunyū 田能村直入, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letter

Tanomura Chokunyū 田能村直入 (d. 1907)

mid- to late 19th century · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

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Going to the War

Fukuda Kodōjin 福田古道人 (d. 1944)

1936 · Hanging scroll; ink on satin

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