Poem (waka) on our sky, the same Calligrapher: Honmanji Nittō Shōnin (Japanese, active ca. 1550–90)

ca. 1580

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

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

Dimensions

sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 3/16 in. (21 × 18.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.32

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), 18
  • Sadako Ohki, "Japanese Calligraphy at Yale: From Sutra to the Avant-Garde," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 91, fig. 8
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

Inscriptions

omoi ideba / onaji sora towa / tsuki wo miyo / hodowa kumoi ni / meguriau made\r\n\r\nIf you think of me / remember our sky is the same / and gaze at the moon / at Imperial Palace (above the loud) / when we reunite\r\nおも飛いては　お那し空とは　月越みよ　多(た)とへ(え)雲井(八)　？？？？？(とも)\r\n\r\n思い出でば　同じ空とは　月を見よ　ほどは雲井に　めぐりあうまで ???\r\n\r\n新古今集　巻第九#877　離別歌　Ｐｏｅｔ　御三條院御歌

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