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Yatsuhashi (iris and haiku poem)
1st half of 18th century
Sakaki Hyakusen
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Broom, Poems, and Poets
18th century
Yosa Buson
album leaf mounted as hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
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Three Eggplants and a Poem
circa 760-1800
Itō Jakuchū
ink on paper
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Thirty-six Immortal Poets: Taira no Kanemori
15th century
Madenokôji Fujifusa
Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll: ink and color on paper
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Fish
1920-1949
Qi Baishi
ink on paper
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Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Scroll)
circa 1920
Wang Mengbai
ink and color on paper on mounted on scroll
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Pair of Mandarin Ducks (Fan)
circa 1920
Wang Mengbai
ink and color on on paper
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The Sound of Rustling Leaves (Chinese poem, calligraphy)
circa 1811-1832
Rai San'yō
ink on paper
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Watching Geese
last quarter of 20th century
Chang Ku-nien
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Album of Calligraphy
1562
Huang Jishui
calligraphy album
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scripted
1997
Ann Hamilton
gold thimble, silver thimble, horsehair, wood and glass
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Calligraphy: Watching Ducks on a Spring Morning
1840s - 1863
Nukina Kaioku
hanging scroll, ink on paper
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Landscape: Illustrating a poem of the T’ang period by Chang Chi (Zhang Ji )
1780
Dong Gao
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
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Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
1705
Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
ink on paper
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Sword (13th century) and scabbard (18th century) with design of samurai writing a poem under cherry tree
1299-1301
Kagemitsu
forged steel blade with wooden handle and scabbard
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