by Jikun Kasanoin
Book · Trade Paperback · 1998 · Condition: very good

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Seasons of Sacred Celebration: Flowers and Poetry from an Imperial Convent is a 1998 catalogue published by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University (Weatherhill edition), with Amy V. Heinrich as general editor. It presents eighteen Edo-period paintings from Daishoji Imperial Convent in Kyoto, pairing calligraphy of classical waka from the Kokinshu, Shin kokinshu and Shui wakashu with seasonal floral illustrations. Poems are translated by Sadako Ohki and Herschel Miller, with an essay by Ohki and text in English and Japanese.
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