“Two Young Women on a Verandah Watching Plovers,” from the series Stylish Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū rokkasen: Ki no Tomonori, jū)
Yū sareba
Sao no kawara no
kawakaze ni
tomo madowashite
chidori naku nari
As evening descends
on the banks of Sao River,
plovers cry out, as though
they’ve lost a friend
in the wind across the river.
[Signed] Ki no Tomonori
(ca. 850–ca. 904)
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Sao no kawara no
kawakaze ni
tomo madowashite
chidori naku nari
As evening descends
on the banks of Sao River,
plovers cry out, as though
they’ve lost a friend
in the wind across the river.
[Signed] Ki no Tomonori
(ca. 850–ca. 904)
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Artwork Details
- 「風流六く歌仙紀友則 十」
- Title: “Two Young Women on a Verandah Watching Plovers,” from the series Stylish Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū rokkasen: Ki no Tomonori, jū)
- Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章 (Japanese, 1726–1792)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1770
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (25.1 x 18.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
- Object Number: JP704
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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