Poet Kiyohara no Motosuke 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 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)
sheet (Painting): 9 7/16 × 9 1/16 in. (24 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 11 15/16 × 20 5/16 in. (30.3 × 51.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.32a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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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

oto nashi no / kawa tozo tsuhi ni / nagarekeru / ihade mono omofu / hito no namida ha\r\n\r\n音なしの　河とぞつひに　ながれける　言はで物おもふ　＊人の＊涙は\r\n\r\n人の is the actual poem, 袖す is a mistake(?) by the calligrapher\r\n\r\n音那し(な之?)能　川と楚徒ゐ尓　な可連介留(??? can be read 以つる)　い者天もの於もふ　袖す那三多盤\r\n\r\nNot being able to find the trans yet\r\n\r\n04/17/19 K.N.\r\n----------\r\noto nashi no / kawa to (zotsuhi?) ni / (nagarekeru?) / (ihade?) mono omofu / hito no namida ha\r\n\r\n音なしの　河とぞつひに　ながれける　言はで物おもふ　＊人の＊涙は\r\n人の is the actual poem, 袖す is a mistake(?) by the calligrapher\r\n\r\n音那し能　川と楚徒ゐ尓　な可連介留　い者天もの於もふ　袖す那三多盤\r\n

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