Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”

Fujiwara no Yukinari, mid- to late 11th century

Artist

Fujiwara no Yukinari (Japanese, 972–1027)

Date

mid- to late 11th century

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper

Size

Image: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (21.3 × 17.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 54 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (138.5 × 40 cm) Overall with knobs: 54 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (138.4 × 45.1 cm)

Type

Calligraphy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed