Fujiwara Teika, from One Poet One Poem (Ikkasen isshu), early 14th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.25
Not on Viewexpand_more
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
- Curator Approved
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