Poet Ono no Komachi from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen)

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 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (23.5 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 11 5/8 × 19 7/8 in. (29.6 × 50.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974
Accession Number: 2016.87.37.7a-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

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iro miede / utsurou mono ha / yo no naka no / hito no kokoro no / hana ni zo ari keru\r\n\r\n色見えで　うつろふ物は　世の中の　人の心の　花にぞ有りける\r\n\r\n色三盈天　う津ろふもの盤　世中の　人農古々路能　者那尓楚有希留\r\n\r\nWhose bloom will fade,\r\nAnd yet the color does not show,\r\nIs this alone:\r\nIn the world of love the flower\r\nThat opens in the human heart.\r\nby Edwin A. Cranston (Harvard University)\r\nhttp://helenrindsberg.myiglou.com/japan/36_Immortal%20_Poets_Poems.pdf\r\n\r\nVisible colours (Invisible passions)\r\nFade from\r\nThis world’s\r\nHuman hearts\r\nAnd flowers.\r\nby Waka Poetry (not sure if it is a reliable source)\r\nhttp://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-xv-797/\r\n\r\n04/03/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\niro miete / utsurofu mono ha / yo no naka no / hito no kokoro no / hana ni (zo arikeru?)\r\n\r\n色見えて　うつろふ物は　世の中の　人の心の　花にぞ有りける\r\n色三盈天　う津ろふもの盤　世中の　人農古々路の　者那尓楚有希留

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Poet Ono no Komachi from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Karahashi Arikado (Japanese, 1687–1750)

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