A Mirror of Gathered Seaweed (Mokagami)

Various calligraphers

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Albums of exemplary calligraphy specimens, referred to as tekagami, or “mirrors of the hand,” bring together fragments cut from handscrolls or bound booklets and also served as models of different brushwriting styles for students of calligraphy. The practice of creating such compendia became popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art