Poet Taira no Kanemori from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Karasumaru Mitsuhide (Japanese, 1579–1638)

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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 1/2 × 7 5/16 in. (21.6 × 18.5 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (24.1 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 11 7/16 × 21 1/4 in. (29 × 54 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.36a-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

kurete yuku / aki no katami ni / oku mono ha / waka motoyuhi no / shimo ni zo ari keru\r\n\r\nくれてゆく　秋のかたみに　おく物は　わかもとゆひの　しもにそ有りける\r\n\r\n久れ帝ゆ久　あき(起?)の果多見尓　*を*具も能盤　王可毛と遊日濃　志も耳所あ利計る\r\n\r\nSombering away,\r\nAutumn goes; and my keepsake\r\nShall be but this -\r\nThe frost now clinging to the cord\r\nThat binds these aged locks.\r\nby Edwin A. Cranston (Harvard University)\r\nhttp://helenrindsberg.myiglou.com/japan/36_Immortal%20_Poets_Poems.pdf\r\n\r\n04/18/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\nkurete yuku / aki no katami ni / oku mono ha / (waka mo toyuhi no?) / shimo ni soarikeru\r\n\r\nくれてゆく　秋のかたみに　おく物は　わかもとゆひの　しもにそ有りける\r\n\r\n久れ帝ゆ久　あきの閑多見尓　*を*具も能盤　王可毛と遊日濃　志も耳所ありける

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