Hon’ami Kōetsu, Folding Screen mounted with poems


Hon’ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Folding Screen mounted with poems from the anthology, Shin kokinshu, c. 1624–37, Edo period, Japan, ink, color, and gold on paper, 168.2 x 357.7 cm and 168.2 x 377.2 cm (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1902.195–196); a conversation between Dr. Sonia Coman and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank


Additional resources:

The screens at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

See additional details of the screens from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

An introduction to the Edo period

 

Cite this page as: Dr. Sonia Coman and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, "Hon’ami Kōetsu, Folding Screen mounted with poems," in Smarthistory, November 8, 2021, accessed June 10, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/honami-koetsu-folding-screen-with-poems/.