Poem dedicated to Okon, Rai Sanyō

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Rai Sanyō, artist
1781–1832
Poem dedicated to Okon, 1826, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: ink; silk
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 137.5 x 47.7 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 54 1/8 x 18 3/4 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1985.0199
Not on display
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All three of these calligraphy scrolls were created by important Japanese scholar-officials who were skilled in Chinese verse. They each took a special interest in the gifted girl calligrapher Okon, and composed poems and prose extolling her talented brushwork. At her father's request, San'yō, Shōchiku, and Rokudō wrote out texts about Okon on special silk with woven ruled lines. They used combinations of regular and running scripts.