male figure seated on ground at L with arms crossed wearing billowing, angular black robes, looking toward R; inscription at R

Fujiwara Teika, from One Poet One Poem (Ikkasen isshu), early 14th century

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In this portrait of Fujiwara Teika (1162–1241), the celebrated poet is dressed in the formal garb of a courtier. Now mounted as a hanging scroll, this painting was once part of a long handscroll called One Poet One Poem (Ikkasen isshu), which featured portraits of revered poets alongside a single example of their poetry. The poem at right reads:

Hitori nuru
yamadori no o no
shidario ni
shimo iki mayou
toko no tsukikage
Frost has formed
on the trailing tail
of a solitary sleeping pheasant,
its bed illuminated by a cold autumn moon.
[Translated by Miyeko Murase]  

Details
Title
Fujiwara Teika, from One Poet One Poem (Ikkasen isshu)
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.25
Provenance
Sekido Akihiko, Nagoya Hollis until l966 Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 44
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male figure seated on ground at L with arms crossed wearing billowing, angular black robes, looking toward R; inscription at R