Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 姿絵百人一首
Moronobu's version of the selected poems by one hundred famous poets, a collection first compiled in the early Kamakura period (1185–1333), pairs contemporary scenes with small background insets that evoke the poem as if it came from memory or from a view in the distance. Here the book is open to the pages showing the blind musician Semimaru's poem on meeting and parting at the barrier gate at Osaka and the ninth-century courtier Sangi no Takamura's poem calling to the fisherwomen's boats to carry his message of love back to the capital.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 姿絵百人一首
- Artist: Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 (Japanese, 1618–1694)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1695, fourth month
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
- Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 in. (21 × 15.6 × 1 cm)
- Classification: Illustrated Books
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: JIB64
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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