Shoren'in school (16th Century)

Competiton of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets

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Shoren'in school (16th Century)
Competiton of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets
Handscroll; ink on kumogami paper (paper patterned with kumo, "clouds") decorated with gold and silver butterflies
10 1/8 x 448½in. (26.5 x 1140.5cm.)

Provenance

Shoren'in Temple, Kyoto

Lot Essay

The calligraphy is attributed to Son'en (d. 1359) by a monk of the temple Shoren'in in Enpo 2 (1674), seventh month, third day.

Son'en (Shoren'in no miya Son'en hoshinno) was a son of Emperor Fushimi and abbot of Shoren'in in Kyoto. A talented poet and calligrapher, he studied under Sesonji Yukifusa, then founded the Shoren'in (Oie) school of calligraphy.

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