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Ink, colour and gold pigment on paper, Tosa school, comprising various painted panels depicting figures in courtly scenes, interspersed with calligraphic inscriptions
1620 x 33 cm. (637¾ x 13 in.) (unrolled)
7.8 x 34 cm. (3⅛ x 13⅜ in.) (rolled)


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Similar to a book, a handscroll is an intimate object that is ideally viewed by only one, or a few people at a time. Unfurled one segment at a time, the scroll is read from right to left and often come in sets, so that a long story can be spread over several scrolls.

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