Poet Minamoto no Shitagō from an Album of 36 Immortal Poets (Sanjū-roku kasen) Calligrapher: Washio Ryūki (Japanese, 1919–2004)

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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 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (24.2 × 23 cm)
with mounting: 12 13/16 × 20 1/4 in. (32.5 × 51.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.37.34a-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
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
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Inscriptions

mizu no omo ni / teru tsuki nami wo / kazo fureba / koyoi zo aki no / monakanari keru\r\n\r\n水の面に　照る月波を　かぞふれば　今宵ぞ秋も　最中なりける（り on scroll)\r\n\r\n水能於も尓　天流月な三を　*か*そふ連は　古よひ楚秋の　毛那可なり介里 (grammatically incorrect)\r\n\r\nWaves on the water,\r\nRipples of the shining moon,\r\nWrinkles of time:\r\nCount them up and we arrive\r\nToday at a midmost autumn.\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\nmizu no omo ni / teru tsuki nami wo / kazo fureba / koyoi zo aki no mo / nakarikeru\r\n\r\n水のおもに　照る月なみを　かぞふれば　今宵ぞ秋のも　中なりける（り on scroll)\r\n\r\n水の於も尓　天流月な三を　*か*そふ連は　古よひ楚秋のも　那可なり介里

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