Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

Shōkadō Shōjō 松花堂昭乗

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tare o ka mo shiru hito ni sen Takasago no matsu mo mukashi no tomo naranaku ni Who is there left that really knows me? Though the pines of Takasago have always been there, I cannot call them “friends.” —Trans. John T. Carpenter

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of ClematisPoem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of ClematisPoem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of ClematisPoem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of ClematisPoem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis

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