Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Oshikōji Sanemine (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 7/16 × 8 15/16 in. (23.9 × 22.7 cm)
with mounting: 11 15/16 × 20 1/8 in. (30.4 × 51.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.14a-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

chigiri kemu / kokoro (zo tsuraki?) / tanabata no / toshi ni hito tabi / au ha au kaha\r\n\r\n契りけむ　心ぞつらき　七夕の　年にひとたび　あふはあふかは\r\n\r\nち起里介む　古々路そ徒らき　堂奈者多乃　登之耳飛と度　逢はあふ可半\r\n\r\nThe vow\r\nOf a pitiless heart:\r\nThe Weaver Maid,\r\nBut once a year\r\nWill meet; can it be true?\r\nby Waka Poetry (not sure if it is a reliable source)\r\nhttp://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-iv-178/\r\n\r\n04/05/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\nchigiri kemu / kokoro (zo tsuraki?) / tanabata no / toshi ni hito tabi / afu ha afu kana\r\n\r\n契りけむ　心ぞつらき　七夕の　年にひとたび　あふはあふかは\r\n\r\nち起里介む　古々路そ徒らき　堂奈者多乃　登之耳飛と度　逢はあふ可半

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