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Gold-leaf folding screen with small poem cards, hanging tassels, black ink leaves on the left, and white flowers against brown panels on the right.

Folding screens mounted with poems from the anthology, Shin kokinshu 新古今集和歌色紙貼付屏風 (一双、画像:左隻のみ)

A six-panel folding screen with a gold-leaf ground, decorated with small square poem cards in pale blue-gray and tied tassels hanging from cords. Black ink sprigs of leaves rise on the left, while white chrysanthemum-like flowers and grasses appear against dark brown panels on the right.

Artist
Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)
Date
ca. 1624-1637
Medium
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
1765 × 779 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1642).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Biombo con tarjetas de poemas de Shin kokinshu, Hon'ami Koetsu

Un biombo plegable de seis paneles con fondo de pan de oro, decorado con pequeñas tarjetas cuadradas de poemas en gris azulado pálido y borlas atadas que cuelgan de cordones. Ramas de hojas en tinta negra se elevan a la izquierda, mientras que flores blancas parecidas a crisantemos y hierbas aparecen sobre paneles marrón oscuro a la derecha.

Português: Biombo com cartões de poemas de Shin kokinshu, Hon'ami Koetsu

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