Chinese poem on white plum petals Calligrapher: Gojō Tamezane (Japanese, 1472–1543)

ca. 1540

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Shikishi: ink on gold-flecked and gold-painted paper

Dimensions

sheet: 7 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (20 × 18 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.29

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Muromachi period (1336–1573)

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Alex Kerr collection, Kyoto, Japan. Purchased from Kyoto auction houses and art dealers since the 1970s.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 18
  • Sadako Ohki, "Japanese Calligraphy at Yale: From Sutra to the Avant-Garde," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 91, fig. 7
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

Inscriptions

The white plum petals fall and float on the water of the brook / Fresh yellow willow shoots appear over the city wall\r\n\r\n白片落梅浮澗水　黄梢新柳出城墻\r\n\r\n白片の落梅は澗水に浮かぶ　黄梢の新柳は城墻より出でたり　白氏文集巻十八｢春至｣\r\n

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