Once he decided, he walked 2 or 3 miles, then he found 4 or 5 houses in a rural town, then he saw 6 or 7 stone towers, finally he saw 8, 9 or 10 buds flowering in a tree. (LYRIC)
Artist
Shiro Aoyagi
(Japanese, born 1932)
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsFrame: 75 × 23 7/8 in (190.5 × 60.6 cm)
SignedLL: "Shiro Aoyagi", with two seals
Credit LineGift of Dr. Luther W. Brady H'88
Object number2018.1.6
ClassificationsCalligraphy
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Shiro Aoyagi
ca. 1960 - 1979
Unknown, Danish
Unknown, Danish