Poetry Contest with Poets from Various Periods, Tameie Version (Tameie-bon Jidai fudō uta-awase-e)

mid-13th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

This elegant hanging scroll depicts a pair of imaginary poet portraits, rendered entirely in ink outline, from the Poetry Contest with Poets from Various Periods. Shown here is round 103 of the imaginary competition: on the right, Michitsuna’s Mother (ca. 937–995), author of the Kagerō Diary (Kagerō nikki, ca. 971), faces off against lady-in-waiting Kojijū (ca. 1121–1201?).

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Title: Poetry Contest with Poets from Various Periods, Tameie Version (Tameie-bon Jidai fudō uta-awase-e)
Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Date: mid-13th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 11 × 18 11/16 in. (28 × 47.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 41 3/4 × 25 1/2 in. (106 × 64.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Lent by John C. Weber Collection
Curatorial Department: Asian Art