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Bamboo River (Takekawa), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 44 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Konoe Hisamichi, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Size: H. 24.1 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 ½ x 7 ¼ in.) Medium: The forty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

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