Poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Imadegawa (Kikutei) Nobusue (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 1/4 in. (21.5 × 18.4 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/4 × 9 in. (23.5 × 22.8 cm)
with mounting: 12 13/16 × 20 1/2 in. (32.5 × 52.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.3a-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

haru no no ni / asaru kikisu no / tsuma- koi ni / ono ka ari ka wo / hito ni shiretsutsu\r\n\r\n春ののに　あさるききすの　つまこひに　おのかありかを　人にしれつつ\r\n\r\n春乃野丹　あ左累き々須農　妻恋尓　を能可あ里か越　人耳志連徒々\r\n\r\nIn the fields in springtime\r\nWhile seeking grain, the pheasant\r\nCries love for his mate, and\r\nHis location\r\nTo all reveals!\r\n\r\nby Waka Poetry (reliable source?)\r\nhttp://www.wakapoetry.net/mys-viii-1446/\r\n\r\nBy Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴 家持 (signed as 中納言 家持)\r\n\r\nK.N. 04/03/19\r\n----------\r\nharu no no ni / (asaru kikisu no?) / tsuma kohi ni / (onoka arika wo?) / hito ni shiretsutsu\r\n\r\n春ののに　あさるききすの　つまこひに　おのかありかを　人にしれつつ\r\n\r\n春乃野丹　あ左累き々須農 [???]　妻[恋]尓　を[能可]あ[里]か[越]　人[耳志連徒々]\r\n\r\n01/18/19 K.N.

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