Poet Minamoto no Saneakira from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Fujitani Ika (Japanese)

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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. (21.5 × 18.2 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/2 × 9 in. (24.1 × 22.9 cm)
with mounting: 11 1/2 × 19 7/8 in. (29.2 × 50.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.25a-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
Additional information

Inscriptions

Atara- yo no / tsuki to hana to wo / onajiku ha / ahare shireramu / hito ni miseba ya\r\n\r\nあたら夜の　月と花とを　おなじくは　あはれ知れらむ　人に見せばや\r\n\r\nあ多ら夜の　月と花とを　於奈しく八　阿はれ志連*ら无*　人尓見勢盤(?)や\r\n\r\nOn this precious night\r\nHow I wish that I could show,\r\nIf I'm to view them,\r\nTo someone who knows what it is to feel,\r\nThese blossoms and this moon!\r\nby Edwin A. Cranston (Harvard University)\r\nhttp://helenrindsberg.myiglou.com/japan/36_Immortal%20_Poets_Poems.pdf\r\n\r\n04/17/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\nBy Minamoto no Saneakira 源 信明 (signed as 源 信明朝臣)\r\natara yo no / tsuki to hana to wo / onajiku ha / (ahare?) shireramu / hito ni miseba ya\r\n\r\nあたら夜の　月と花とを　おなじくは　あはれ知れらむ　人に見せばや\r\n\r\nあ太*良*夜の　月と花と遠　於奈しく八　阿はれ志連*ら无*　人尓見*せば*や

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