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Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Stonepaste; polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines (cuerda seca technique)
Reciting Poetry in a Garden
first quarter 17th century
Xiao, Jade, Chinese
Xiao
Chinese
18th or 19th centuries
Chinese Memory, Nam June Paik American, born Korea, Single-channel video, color, silent, 21 min., 12 sec.; vintage television cabinet with permanent oil marker, glass, acrylic, record cover, scroll, antennae, and books
Chinese Memory
Nam June Paik
2005
Wenchang, Stellar God of Literature, Ivory, China
Wenchang, Stellar God of Literature
China
16th century
Archer's Ring (清 扳指), Wen Zhao Chinese, Ivory, Chinese
Archer's Ring (清 扳指)
Wen Zhao
17th–19th century
Dizi (笛子 ), Bamboo, Chinese
Dizi (笛子 )
Chinese
late 19th century
The Poetry Cottage, Lin Shu Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
The Poetry Cottage
Lin Shu
dated 1914
Dish with Blossoming Plum and Crescent Moon , Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

Dish with Blossoming Plum and Crescent Moon

China
mid- to late 15th century
New Year picture of equestrian door god Ma Dai, Unidentified artist(s) , Chinese, early 20th century, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, China
New Year picture of equestrian door god Ma Dai
Unidentified artist(s)
early 20th century
Album of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing, Konoe Nobutada Japanese, Album of thirty-six leaves; each on gold, silver, or colored decorated paper, Japan
Album of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing
Konoe Nobutada
early 17th century
Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden, Opaque watercolor and gold on undyed silk
Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden
ca. 1430
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz, Sa'di Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz
Multiple artists/makers
late 15th century
Medallion with return from a spring outing, Ivory, China
Medallion with return from a spring outing
China
late 16th–early 17th century
Jar, Porcelain with white glaze (Xing ware), China
Jar
China
7th–early 8th century
Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature”, Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Passage from “A Modern-Day Wen Xuan: Selections of Refined Literature”
Morikawa Kyoriku (Kyoroku) 森川許六
after 1705
Discourse on Poetry, Gao Jian Chinese, Handscroll; ink on paper, China
Discourse on Poetry
Gao Jian
1698
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Books, Gold, silver togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Books
Japan
18th century
Star-Shaped Tile, Stonepaste: inglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on an opaque white glaze
Star-Shaped Tile
14th century
Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket, Yosa Buson Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket
Yosa Buson
1760s
Poetry Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (Lanting), Tomioka Tessai Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Poetry Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (Lanting)
Tomioka Tessai
1913
Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance , Kubo Shunman Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan

Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance

Kubo Shunman
probably 1810
End of the Day, Matthew Wong Canadian, Oil on canvas
End of the Day
Matthew Wong
2019
Two Kyōka (Playful Thirty-One- Syllable Verse), Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Two Kyōka (Playful Thirty-One- Syllable Verse)
Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)
1819
Lovers, Isoda Koryūsai Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Lovers
Isoda Koryūsai
1770
Pitcher, Union Porcelain Works American, Porcelain, American
Pitcher
Union Porcelain Works
1875–85
Twelve Poems from the New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, Hon'ami Kōetsu Japanese, Handscroll; ink and gold on silk, Japan
Twelve Poems from the New Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
Hon'ami Kōetsu
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
ca. 1620
Over Robe (Uchikake) with Mandarin Orange Branches and Books , Figured satin-weave silk with stencil-dyed dots, silk embroidery, and couched gold thread, Japan

Over Robe (Uchikake) with Mandarin Orange Branches and Books

Japan
late 18th–first half 19th century
Dish with Bamboo Leaves , Ogata Kenzan (?) Japanese, Stoneware painted with cream slip, cobalt blue, and iron brown under transparent glaze; gold lacquer repairs, Japan

Dish with Bamboo Leaves

Ogata Kenzan
18th century
Dish with Bamboo Leaves, Ogata Kenzan (?) Japanese, Stoneware painted with cream slip, cobalt blue, and iron brown under transparent glaze; gold lacquer repairs, Japan
Dish with Bamboo Leaves
Ogata Kenzan
18th century
Piece from a Kosode with Cherry Blossoms and Poem Slips, Yūzen-dyed silk crepe (chirimen) with appliqué and embroidery in silk and metallic thread, Japan
Piece from a Kosode with Cherry Blossoms and Poem Slips
Japan
late 17th–early 18th century
Chinese Poem about a Bamboo Grove, Ryōkan Taigu Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Chinese Poem about a Bamboo Grove
Ryōkan Taigu
early 19th century
White Clouds, Teshigahara Sōfū 勅使河原蒼風 Japanese, Framed shikishi (poetry card); ink on paper, Japan
White Clouds
Teshigahara Sōfū 勅使河原蒼風
1960s–1970s
Excerpt from Bai Juyi's "Autobiography of a Master of Drunken Poetry Recitation", Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei) Japanese, Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Excerpt from Bai Juyi's "Autobiography of a Master of Drunken Poetry Recitation"
Fujiwara no Yukinari (Kōzei)
early 11th century
Two-Line Calligraphy, Soejima Taneomi Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on satin, Japan
Two-Line Calligraphy
Soejima Taneomi
The “Kōetsu Version” of Waka Poems of the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Kōetsu-bon Waka Sanjūrokkasen) 和歌三十歌仙, Unidentified artist Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
The “Kōetsu Version” of Waka Poems of the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Kōetsu-bon Waka Sanjūrokkasen) 和歌三十歌仙
Unidentified artist
Hon'ami Kōetsu
ca. 1610
Two Waka Poems Composed at Zenrinji Temple , Ueda Akinari 上田秋成 Japanese, Poetry sheet (waka-kaishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan

Two Waka Poems Composed at Zenrinji Temple

Ueda Akinari 上田秋成
ca. 1803–04 (Kyōwa 3–Bunka 1)
Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months, Gion Nankai Japanese, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper, Japan
Chinese Poems for the Twelve Months
Gion Nankai
ca. late 1730s
A Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda , Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)

A Heroine and Her Lover in a Pavilion: Page from a Dispersed Nayikabheda

India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
ca. 1660–80
Poets of Iran and Iranian Lion, Parviz Tanavoli Iranian-Canadian, Copper
Poets of Iran and Iranian Lion
Parviz Tanavoli
1961
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon, Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay, Japan
Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon
Japan
18th century
Kakubha Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Rajasthan, Mewar)
Kakubha Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)
India (Rajasthan, Mewar)
ca. 1680
The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Kyōgetsubō 狂月坊), Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese, Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan
The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Kyōgetsubō 狂月坊)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
1789, eighth month