Immortal Poet of Minamoto no Shitagō (Translation)
歌仙源順像 桃山時代 一帖 紙本著色 (Primary Title)
Portrait of a Heian Poet (Former Title)
album leaf (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

16th century
Japanese
Calligraphy
Paintings
Works On Paper
Album leaf mounted on board; ink and color on paper
Framed: 13 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (33.66 × 52.07 cm)
99.55
Not on view
Yamato-e 大和絵,Nise-e 似絵
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
Unsigned
None
Minamoto no Shitagō's biography and his poem: 従五位上行,能登守,源朝原順 左馬允・源挙二男。天暦七年(953)補兵衞, 永観元年(983)死,七十二。 水のおもにてる月なみを数ふれば今宵ぞ秋のもなかなりける.
Gift of Charles L. Vincent
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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