Attributed to Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419-1470)

Winter poem

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Attributed to Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419-1470)
Winter poem
Tanzaku (poem slip) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on kumogami (cloud-patterned) paper
13 3/8 x 2 1/8in. (34 x 5.5cm.)
Box authentication by Koresawa Kyozo (1894-?), a scholar of Japanese literature and specialist in Momoyama-period calligraphy

Lot Essay

Emperor Go-Hanazono was the son of Prince Fushimi no miya and ruled as the 102nd emperor of Japan. He was talented as a poet and musician. An anthology of poems, Go-Hanazonoin shu, and poem singing book, Go-Hanazonoin on dokugin hyakuin, survive from his hand.

The winter poem reads:

Katsuraki no yama niwa fuyu ya kuresaran
Yuki o sonomama mine no shirakumo

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