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Poems from the anthology Wakan Roeishu, Decho version

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Poems from the anthology Wakan Roeishu, Decho version
Attributed to Fujiwara no Yukinari
2 albums
Heian period, 11th century
ink on decorated paper 20.0×12.0 each
There are three famous books for poem recitation in the Imperial Collection,among which this is the most famous. The paper used is decorated Chinese paper, and the characters are written in a mixture of kaisho (block), gyosho (semi-cursive),and sosho (cursive) styles, with kana characters added.