Poet Sōjō Henjō from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Higuchi Motoyasu (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 × 18.3 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (24.2 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 12 3/8 × 22 3/16 in. (31.5 × 56.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.5a-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," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 17
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

tarachine ha / kakare tote shimo / mubatama no / waga kuro-kami wo / nadesu ya ariken\r\n\r\nたらちねは　かかれとてしも　むばたまの　わがくろかみを　なですや有りけん\r\n\r\n堂らち祢八　か々禮*く*礼*と*天し*毛*　む者玉の　わ可黒[可三]越　なて*寸*や阿り*けん*\r\n\r\nMy loving mother:\r\nHad she known this would be,\r\nLily-seed\r\nBlack, my hair,\r\nShe would not have smoothed, I think.\r\n\r\nby Waka Poetry (a reliable source?)\r\nhttp://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-iv-215/\r\n\r\nBy (Sōjō) Henjō 遍昭 (signed as 僧正 遍昭)\r\n\r\nK.N. 04/03/19\r\n----------\r\ntarachineha / (kakare tote shi?) mo / (mubatama?) no / (waga kurokami?) wo / (nadesu ya ariken?)\r\n\r\nたらちめは　かかれとてしも　むばたまの　わがくろかみを　なですや有りけん\r\n\r\n堂らち祢八　か*く*礼*と*天し*毛*　む者玉の　わ可黒[可三]越　なて*寸*や阿り*けん*\r\n\r\n1/18/19 K.N.

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