Poet Ki no Tsurayuki from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Koga Koremichi (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. (21.4 × 18.4 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 1/16 × 9 in. (23 × 22.8 cm)
with mounting: 12 5/16 × 20 in. (31.2 × 50.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.9a-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

sakura chiru / kono shita kaze ha / samukarade / sora ni shirarenu / yuki zo furi keru\r\nさくらちる　このした風は　さむからて(で)　そらにしられぬ　ゆきそ(ぞ)ふりける\r\n櫻ちる　木能し多可勢八　佐む可ら天　そらに志られぬ　雪處ふり介る\r\nNot being able to find the trans yet\r\n\r\nBy Ki no Tsurayuki 紀 貫之\r\n\r\n04/03/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\nsakura chiru / kono shita kaze ha / (samukarate?) / sora ni shirarenu / yuki (sofurikeru?)\r\n\r\nさくらちる　このした風は　さむからて　そらにしられぬ　ゆきそふりける\r\n櫻ちる　木乃し多可勢八　佐む可らて　そらに志られぬ　雪處ふり介る

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