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Jakugon Teijō
Calligraphic Poem: The Hermit Does Not Sleep at Night18th century

Not on view
Horizontal panel of Chinese cursive-script calligraphy in dark ink on a golden-tan silk ground, with two red seal impressions at left and one at upper right
Artist or Maker
Jakugon Teijō
Japan, 1702-1771
Title
Calligraphic Poem: The Hermit Does Not Sleep at Night
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 12 1/2 x 23 3/8 in. (31.75 x 59.37 cm); Mount: 44 1/2 x 26 in. (113.03 x 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Julia and Leo Krashen
Accession Number
M.2003.28
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Fischer, Felice; Goodall, Hollis; Kiyoko, Kakeya; Masamoto, Kawai; Singer, Robert T. Munakata Shik¯o: Japanese Master of the Modern Print. Kamakura, Japan: Munakata Museum, 2002.