藤原教長筆『古今和歌集』断簡「今城切」|Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire)

Fujiwara no Norinaga

12th century · Page from a booklet, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper · Asian Art

藤原教長筆『古今和歌集』断簡「今城切」|Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire) — Fujiwara no Norinaga

By the 1100s, many courtiers and court ladies of the palace were inscribing kana calligraphy with a firmer brush compared to previous generations. Traditionally, the inscription of these poems was attributed to the courtier Asukai Masatsune (1170–1221), but modern scholarship has securely identified it as by Norinaga, the brother of Masatsune’s grandfather, helping to establish a more solid framework of how kana writing styles evolved.

Artist: Fujiwara no Norinaga
Date: 12th century
Medium: Page from a booklet, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

藤原教長筆『古今和歌集』断簡「今城切」|Three poems from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern (Kokin wakashū), known as the “Imaki Fragment” (Imaki-gire)

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