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“The names of things” haiku by Matsuo Bashō — VisualArtsDB
“The names of things” haiku
Matsuo Bashō
1644–1694
Medium
Shikishi mounted as hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated with gold
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.1 × 17.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 60 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (154.3 × 29.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 60 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (154.3 × 35.2 cm)
Genre
Calligraphy
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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