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- Hosoi Kōtaku
1658-1735
born: Kyoto, Japan ; died: Tokyo, Japan
- poem formed with phrases from the “Thousand Character Essay”, late 1600s-early 1700s, Edo period (1600-1868)
- screen, ink on paper
- Object Height/Width: each panel 154.8 x 56 cm
Object Height/Width: each panel 60 15/16 x 22 1/16 in - Museum purchase
- Not on display
- 1978.0157
- Hosoi Kōtaku
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- Literature
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Six panel screen with two characters of calligraphy on each.
Translation of poem: As dawn breaks by the clear river, who is working?
If you resign your position, who can compell you
to follow Fu's teaching?