Poet Ko-Ōkimi from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Aburakōji Takanori (Japanese, 1684–1746)

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ca. 1770

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Shikishi pasted on album leaf: ink and color on gold paper

Dimensions

sheet (Poem): 8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (21.4 × 18.3 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 7/16 × 9 1/16 in. (24 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 13 × 21 1/4 in. (33 × 54 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.29a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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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
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Inscriptions

iha-hashi no / yoru no chigiri mo / taenu beshi / akuru wabishiki / katsuragi no kami\r\n\r\nいははしの　よるのちぎりも　たえぬべし　あくるわびしき　かつらぎのかみ\r\n\r\n岩者し能　よるのち*き*りも(?)　多えぬ遍し　あく類王(?)ひしき　可つらき農神\r\n\r\nThe stone bridge contract -\r\nThings promised to be done at night -\r\nWill soon be broken,\r\nAnd the dawning will be bleak\r\nFor the god of Kazuraki.\r\nby Edwin A. Cranston (Harvard University)\r\nhttp://helenrindsberg.myiglou.com/japan/36_Immortal%20_Poets_Poems.pdf\r\n\r\nThat bridge of stone\r\nLike our night’s vow\r\nCannot endure;\r\nWith the coming dawn, how sad\r\nIs the god of Kazuragi…\r\nby Waka Poetry (not sure if it is a reliable source)\r\nhttp://www.wakapoetry.net/sis-xviii-1201/\r\n\r\n04/17/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\n小大 君 (signed as 女蔵人 左近)\r\n\r\n(ihahashino?) / yoru no chikirimo / (taenu he shi?) / (akuruwa hishiki?) / katsuraki no kami\r\n\r\nいははしの　よるのちきりも　たえぬへし　あくるわひしき　かつらきのかみ\r\n\r\n岩はし能　よるのち*き*りも　多えぬ遍し　あくるわひしき　かつらき農神

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