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calligraphy (writing)
Date1942-1945
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number2015.100.53
DescriptionJapanese calligraphy in black sumi ink on textured, patterned paper. There are 4 large Japanese characters in the center and 2 columns of smaller writing to the left. To the far left side are 2 red square hanko stamps. An irregular shaped red hanko stamp is in the UR corner. The paper has a pattern of horizontal + vertical dashes in light tan and olive green suggestive of wallpaper. The paper is fragile, brittle, and curling in many places.
