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Poem from a Pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine

熊野懐紙
Poem from a Pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine (熊野懐紙)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Kamakura period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Asukai Masatsune.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
1200
Creator
Asukai Masatsune (飛鳥井雅経、参議雅経、藤原雅経)
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-57468

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Poetry written in elegant calligraphy was displayed at tea gatherings for the guests to admire and discuss.The poems here were originally composed by a nobleman during a sacred pilgrimage. The first poem evokes the sound of horses’ hooves echoing on a freezing winter morning. The second conjures the image of smoke rising from a charcoal kiln in the mountains.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Poem from a Pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine（熊野懐紙）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-57468. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/poem-from-a-pilgrimage-to-the-kumano-shrine/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Calligraphy
  • Material: Ink on paper
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 品質形状: 紙本墨書
  • 法量: 本紙 縦29.6 横50.1

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