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Title: Poem on a fan
Creator: Ema, Saikō, 1787-1861
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed "細香" (Saikō) with seal "細香" (Saikō) at left edge center. One additional seal at upper right corner. Nine-line poetic inscription covers surface of fan.
Medium: ink on mica paper
Acquisition: Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection; on long-term loan to the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 fan painting; 15 x 47 cm.
Form/Genre: fan paintings
calligraphy
poetry
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb4779p2m9
ucm_li_AS260
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: fan-shaped
Calligraphy

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