Poet Ise with a Poem Artist: Unknown

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ca. 1680

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Shikishi: ink and color on gold paper

Dimensions

sheet: 14 13/16 × 12 7/16 in. (37.6 × 31.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.35

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Paintings

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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

Inscriptions

Ise Miwa no yama / ika ni machi min / toshi futo mo / tazuneru hito mo / araji to omoeba\r\n\r\nHow shall we wait on Mount Miwa?\r\nNo matter how many years may pass,\r\nI believe there will be no visitors.\r\n\r\nby Ise\r\n\r\n伊勢　三輪乃や万　以可尓まちみむ　としふとも　堂つぬ累人も　あらし登思へ者\r\n\r\n伊勢　三輪の山　いかに待ち見む　年ふとも　たずねる人も　あらじと思えば\r\n

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