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Poems with Floral Decoration

» Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656)

Artist / Origin	Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) Region: East Asia
Date	Edo period, 1652 Period: 1400 CE - 1800 CE
Material	Handscroll; ink and color on gold-decorated paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books
Dimensions	H: 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.), W: 25 ft. (765.6 cm.)
Location	Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Credit	Courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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