Monk Kisen, c. 1807
Kikukawa Eizan; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibeiexpand_more
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
The Margaret McMillan Webber Estateexpand_more 51.40.24
Not on Viewexpand_more
A prostitute is juxtaposed with Kisen, a mid-ninth-century Buddhist monk and poet, about whom the only thing known today is that he lived near Mount Uji. The inscribed poem, by Kisen, is cited in the Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times (Kokin wakashū), from around 905:
My hut is to the capital’s southeast, and thus I live. But people call it “Uji, hill of one weary of the world,” I hear.
Details
- Title
- Monk Kisen
- Artist Life
- 1787 - 1867
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 51.40.24
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Kondo 1991, series no. 94; Kondo 1996, no. 152.4; Marks 2010, series 332
- Curator Approved
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