Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued

Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin Japanese
 Underpainting by Ogata Sōken Japanese

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Elegantly brushed on lavishly decorated paper by the Kyoto calligrapher Kojima Sōshin, this series of classical waka is drawn from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued (Shoku senzai wakashū), an imperially commissioned anthology of the fourteenth century. Whereas Sōshin applied the very tip of the brush to write in kana, he executed certain Chinese characters on a demonstrably larger scale using the brush’s side.

Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan

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Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan
Waka poems from the Collection of Poems of a Thousand Years, Continued, Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656), Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with color and gold, Japan

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