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Cypress Palms
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This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Waka Poem from Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern with a Design of Moss Ferns
Calligraphy by Hon’ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)
Section of a handscroll mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper with decoration printed in gold and silver; early 17th century,
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection,
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020 2020.396.18
Overlapping fronds of moss ferns (shinobugusa) create a dramatic gold-and-silver background for a dynamically brushed waka poem in the distinctive style of Hon’ami Kōetsu, one of the most highly regarded and influential calligraphers of the early 17th century. The winter poem from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern is rendered in the scattered-writing mode (chirashi-gaki) with staggered columns.
This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Waka Poem from Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern with a Design of Moss Ferns
Calligraphy by Hon’ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)
Section of a handscroll mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper with decoration printed in gold and silver; early 17th century,
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection,
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020 2020.396.18
Overlapping fronds of moss ferns (shinobugusa) create a dramatic gold-and-silver background for a dynamically brushed waka poem in the distinctive style of Hon’ami Kōetsu, one of the most highly regarded and influential calligraphers of the early 17th century. The winter poem from the Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern is rendered in the scattered-writing mode (chirashi-gaki) with staggered columns.
