Chinese poem from Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for reciting (Wakan Rōeishū) Calligrapher: Unknown

ca. 1590

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Shikishi: ink on gold-flecked paper

Dimensions

sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in. (20 × 15.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.33

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Momoyama period (1573–1615)

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), 17
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

Inscriptions

風雲易向人前暮　歳月誰従老底還\r\n風雲は人の前に向ひて暮れやすく、 歳月は老いの底より還しがたし　(和漢朗詠集　上巻　冬･歳暮　良岑春道)\r\nfūun wa hito no mae ni mukaite kure yasuku, saigetsu wa oi no soko yori kaeshi gatashi\r\n\r\nThe state of affairs is easy to fade in front of your eyes, \r\nThe months and years are impossible to revive from the bottom of the age.\r\n\r\n(from Wakan Rōeishū, vol. 1, Winter/the end of the year section, composed by Yoshimine Shundō or Harumichi)

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