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Title	Poem card with waterfall and calligraphy
Description	These small cards bearing calligraphy and/or artwork are used to evoke a mood or feeling in keeping with the theme of a tea gathering. Mounted on small hanging scrolls (tanzaku kake), they are displayed in the guests gathering room or near the initial entryway. This poem card depicts a waterfall landscape with calligraphy whose characters read "hakuunchu" or "hakuun no naka", which may be translated "In the midst of white clouds".
Accession Number	2005.05.0089
Creator	Unknown
Date	n.d.
Dimension	2 1/4" w x 14 1/4" h
Material	Paper, ink
Place of Origin	Japan
Japanese Term	Tanzaku
Medium	Artifact
Subject	Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh] Calligraphy, Japanese [lcsh] Poetry [lcsh]
Collection	Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
CONTENTdm file name	322.cpd

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