A Poem from the Shin Kokinshu with Design of Shinobugusa (Moss Fern)

Provenance

Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015.

Artist: Hon'ami Kōetsu / Japanese, 1558-1637
Date: 1605-10
Medium: Fragment of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, silver-colored pigment, and mica on paper
Dimensions: 33.6 × 44.5 cm (13 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); With mounting: 121.6 × 57.5 cm (47 7/8 × 22 5/8 in.); Including lower roller: H.: 62.9 cm (24 3/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: painting
Style: Japanese (culture or style)
Place: Japan
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Louise Lutz Estate; through prior gift of the Estate of Clara Douglas; purchased with funds provided bys of Frances and Edward Blair, Heather B. and Richard Black, George and Roberta Mann, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III
Accession no.: 2015.170

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.