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Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”
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Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper, Heian period (794–1185), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles 2020
Title: Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”
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Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper, Heian period (794–1185), Japan.
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