Temporary Palace at Yoshino, second half 19th century, Murase Taiitsu, Japanese, 1803 - 1881, 43 3/4 × 11 5/16 in. ( × cm) (image)68 3/4 × 16 7/16 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, Angular, thin, and unconventional, the brushwork here may appear unsteady and unskilled, but is in fact Murase’s carefully crafted signature writing style. He was an accomplished poet, calligrapher, and painter, and studied Chinese literature and philosophy. This poem is an example of qiyan jueju poetry, which is a quatrain of seven characters

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