Poet Yamabe no Akahito from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen)

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ca. 1770

Medium: Shikishi pasted on album leaf: ink and color on gold paper
Dimensions: sheet (Poem): 8 7/16 × 9 1/4 in. (21.4 × 23.5 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/4 × 11 5/8 in. (23.5 × 29.6 cm)
with mounting: 11 5/8 × 20 1/4 in. (29.6 × 51.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974
Accession Number: 2016.87.37.2a-b
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," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).

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