Pictures with Letters

Attributed to Iwasa Matabei Japanese

17th century

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Pictures with Letters
Artist: Attributed to Iwasa Matabei (Japanese, 1578–1650)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Fourteen figures on seven folded sheets; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image (a): 8 3/4 × 15 11/16 in. (22.3 × 39.9 cm)
Image (b): 8 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (22.3 × 29.2 cm)
Image (c): 8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (22.3 × 29.3 cm)
Image (d): 8 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (22.3 × 28.9 cm)
Image (e): 8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (22.3 × 29.4 cm)
Image (f): 8 3/4 × 11 3/16 in. (22.3 × 28.4 cm)
Image (g): 8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in. (22.3 × 30.9 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Object Number: 2015.300.211a–g
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals, Iwasa Matabei Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper, Japan — The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals
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