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Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest
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Section of an Illustrated Tale of Genji Poetry Contest

1400s

section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

General Blackbeard laments having smelly ash poured upon him by his angry wife in one of the poems.

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