Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)

Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久, late 16th–early 17th century

Artist

Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久 (Japanese, 1536–1612)

Date

late 16th–early 17th century

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Handscroll section mounted as hanging scroll; ink on dyed and decorated paper

Size

Image: 13 1/8 × 18 5/8 in. (33.3 × 47.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 48 3/8 × 23 1/2 in. (122.9 × 59.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 48 3/8 × 25 3/4 in. (122.9 × 65.4 cm)

Type

Paintings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed