CalligraphyJapanese

Calligraphy

Artists

KōnyoArtist

Classification

Calligraphy

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Calligraphy

One of Seven Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]; "Ippen fuda"

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Ink on paper

13th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Section of the Gandavyūha section of the Avatamsaka-sūtra (Kegon-kyō) written over a Hakubyō Narrative Drawing (Menashi-kyō)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, circa 1200

Handscroll fragment; ink on paper with silver guidelines

12th-13th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

The Pink (Tokonatsu), Chapter 26 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 26th of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

26th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Prince Fushimi no miya Sadaatsu, Muromachi period, circa 14th-16th century

Manuscript book; thread-bound; brocade cover; ink on paper

14th-16th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

About Composing Poetry (Eiga taigai)

Horie Jibusai, Early Edo period, dated 1658

Book form; thread-bound, sumi on decorated paper with gold sunago.

17th centuryJapanese

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Spring Shoots II (Wakana: ge), Chapter 35 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 35th of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

35th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Section of Chapter 17 from the "Ten Practices" Volume of the Flower Ornament Sutra (J: Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō; Skt: Avatamsaka-sutra)

Unknown Artist, second half 11th century

Handscroll fragment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on light indigo-dyed paper with gold-leaf foil flakes and gold-ruled lines

11th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 16th of 20 Volumes

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu), Early Edo period, 1625 (11th month)

Twenty manuscript books; ink on paper, with cover paintings in gold pigment on indigo-dyed paper

17th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Fragment: Japanese Syllabary in Poetry (Iroha-uta)

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Fragment mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper with gold, silver, other designs

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

Collection of Verse of a Thousand Years (Senzai wakashū)

Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Early Edo period, circa 1630-1638

Second of two thread-bound manuscript volumes; ink on color-dyed paper ornamented with silver and gold ink

17th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

One of Four Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Single-sheet manuscript; ink on paper

13th centuryJapanese

Calligraphy

The Tendril Wreath (Tamakazura), Chapter 22 of the "Tale of Genji" (Genji monogatari), 22nd of 54 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

22nd of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese