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Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months

Gion Nankai

probably late 1730s

Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months by Gion Nankai

Medium

Set of twelve unmounted sheets of paper (originally a pair of six-panel folding screens); ink on paper

Dimensions

Image (each): 50 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (128.3 × 52.7 cm)

Classification

Calligraphy

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stephen Addiss, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2016

Accession Number

2016.747a–l

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