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Poem

(Japanese, 1596–1680)
(Japanese, 1638–1685)
17th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 24.1 x 39.4 cm (9 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Overall: 111.8 x 55.9 cm (44 x 22 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1512
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Collections
ProvenanceNovember 15, 1982, sold by Takashi Yanagi Object of Fine Arts (gallery), Kyoto, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
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