Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis
Tare o ka mo
shiru hito ni sen
Takasago no
matsu mo mukashi no
tomo naranaku ni
Who is there left
that really knows me?
Though the pines of Takasago
have always been there,
I cannot call them “friends.”
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
shiru hito ni sen
Takasago no
matsu mo mukashi no
tomo naranaku ni
Who is there left
that really knows me?
Though the pines of Takasago
have always been there,
I cannot call them “friends.”
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Artwork Details
- 鉄線下絵和歌色紙
- Title: Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis
- Artist: Calligraphy by Shōkadō Shōjō 松花堂昭乗 (Japanese, 1584?–1639)
- Artist: Underpainting attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達 (Japanese, ca. 1570–ca. 1640)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: early 17th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on colored paper
- Dimensions: Image: 7 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (20.2 x 17.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 53 x 17 15/16 in. (134.6 x 45.6 cm)
Overall with knobs: 53 x 20 5/8 in. (134.6 x 52.4 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 1979
- Object Number: 1979.407.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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