soft-bound book with blue cover; white label with black text on cover; calligraphic text with images of court scenes including men and women in interiors and primarily in gardens; some pages have added inscriptions (written or stamped in ink) in illustrations; image of man viewing a volcano (?) has hand-applied shading; image of seated man with three hand-applied snakes and plant; last page has ink inscriptions and drawing fir branches (?)

Newly Published Commentary on Japanese Poems by Sōgi (Shinpan waka chūsen shō), vol. 2, 1680

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This book combines monk and poet Sōgi's commentary on a selection of the best classical poems with illustrations.

Sōgi wrote the text in 1484, nearly 200 years before this illustrated version was published. The addition of pictures likely made an otherwise austere text more approachable.
Sometimes readers could not resist the temptation to add their own marks. Here, a previous owner has altered the illustration of a seated aristocrat with the addition of a fl owering branch and three snakes sneaking up on the contemplative man.

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Title
Newly Published Commentary on Japanese Poems by Sōgi (Shinpan waka chūsen shō), vol. 2
Artist Life
c. 1618 - 1694
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2014.69.6.2
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soft-bound book with blue cover; white label with black text on cover; calligraphic text with images of court scenes including men and women in interiors and primarily in gardens; some pages have added inscriptions (written or stamped in ink) in illustrations; image of man viewing a volcano (?) has hand-applied shading; image of seated man with three hand-applied snakes and plant; last page has ink inscriptions and drawing fir branches (?)