伝西行法師筆 『後撰和歌集』　断簡　「白河切」|Three Poems from the Later Collection of Japanese Poems (Gosen wakashū)
Object type: Page from booklet
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Artist: Monk Saigyō
Artist bio: Japanese, 1118–1190
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: late 12th century
Medium: Page from a booklet, mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in. (17.4 × 14.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 51 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (130.3 × 36.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 51 5/16 × 16 1/4 in. (130.3 × 41.2 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession year: 2015
Tags: Poetry|Scrolls