Poems from Wakan Roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Verses) on Paper with Design of Reeds 葦手絵和漢朗詠抄アシデエワカンロウエイショウ
Description
The Wakan Roeishu is an anthology of Chinese and Japanese verse by mid-Heian poet Fujiwara Kinto. This copy of the work has been written on an ashide-e handscroll. According to the inscription, it was copied by Sesonji Koreyuki in 1160.
Ashide-e is a painting technique, combining decorative motifs and words, that was in fashion in the late-Heian Period. This ashide-e includes reeds, water fowl, flying birds, rocks and wheels, in navy blue, greenish-blue, brownish-red and silver.
This work is valuable not only as a complete edition of the Wakan Roei-shu, but also as a rare example of calligraphy on an ashide-e ground.
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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July 20, 2026