Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, 16th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink, color, and gold on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.26
Not on Viewexpand_more
Ranked first in the early poetry collection Man’yōshū and considered one of the "Thirty-six Immortal Poets," Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (d. ca. 710) is among the best known masters of Japanese-style poetry. Portraits of the beloved poet were treated as religious icons as early as the classical Heian period. The inscription brushed at top left is an ancient poem traditionally associated with Hitomaro:
Honobono to
Akashi no ura
no asagiri
ni
shima-gakure yuku
fune o shi zo
omou
Dimly, dimly
in the morning mist that lies over Akashi Bay,
my longings follow with the ship
that vanishes behind the distant isle.
[Translated by Robert H. Brower and Earl Roy Miner]
Details
- Title
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.26
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 48
- Curator Approved
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