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late 17th–early 18th century · Yūzen-dyed silk crepe (chirimen) with appliqué and embroidery in silk and metallic thread · Asian Art

Six poem slips hang from bamboo rods amid branches of a blooming cherry tree. Two of the three poems, which are cited only in part on the fragment, come from the eleventh-century poetry anthology Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Wakan rōeishū), and the third is from a twelfth-century collection of Japanese poems, the Anthology of Oral Blooms (Shika wakashū). All of the poems are devoted to springtime topics, with two mentioning cherry blossoms and the other one plum blossoms.

Artist

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Date

late 17th–early 18th century

Medium

Yūzen-dyed silk crepe (chirimen) with appliqué and embroidery in silk and metallic thread

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000 Benefit Fund, and funds from various donors, 2001