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Chinese Characters in Various Scripts and Waka Poems
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Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper, Edo period (1615-1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Ryo Toyonaga and Alvin E. Friedman-Kien Gift and funds from various donors 2020
Title: Chinese Characters in Various Scripts and Waka Poems
Description:
Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper, Edo period (1615-1868), Japan.
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