Object type: Calligraphy
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Gion Nankai
Artist bio: Japanese, 1677–1751
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: probably late 1730s
Medium: Set of twelve unmounted sheets of paper (originally a pair of six-panel folding screens); ink on paper
Dimensions: Image (each): 50 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (128.3 × 52.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Gift of Stephen Addiss, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2016
Accession year: 2016