Butterflies (Kochō), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 24 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

died 1514

Son'ō Jugō

Japanese

The twenty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

Muromachi period, 1392-1568