Calligraphy

Detached Segment of Poems “Shitagō-shū”, known as Okadera-gire

  • By Fhujiwara no Sadanobu
  • Japan Heian period, 12th century
  • Hanging scroll; ink on decorated paper
  • h: 19.5cm w: 15cm
  • [00067]

This is one page from the “Shitagō-shū” poetry section that was separated from the Honganji version in the Edo period. The calligrapher of this fragment, Fujiwara no Sadanobu, is renowned as a famous calligrapher of a group of extant work.