Calligraphy, Painting & Poetry.

Currently I am looking at Japanese Art which has the components of Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry.

Hon'ami Koetsu. Poems from the Shinkokin wakashu with design of Deer early 17th century handscroll, ink on paper with gold and silver.34 x 939.9 cm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Deer Handscroll, Koetsu & Sotatsu, 17th C., Edo Period

Poem page mounted as a hanging scroll, Momoyama period (1573–1615), dated 1606. Painting

This is another work by Sotatsu and Koetsu at the Met. Part of the Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art.

Imperial Anthology, Kokinshu - early 17th century

This image above is from the Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian. This is a collaborative work. The Painting is by Tawaraya Satatsu which is in the form of woodblock printed designs. The Calligraphy is by Hon'ami Koetsu.