Portrait of Kiyohara no Motosuke, from the “Tameshige Version of Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras” (Tameshige-bon Jidai fudō uta-awase)
This fragment comes from a handscroll of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals known as the Tameshige version because its calligraphy was once attributed to the influential poet Nijō Tameshige (1334–1385). The simple rendering of Kiyohara no Motosuke (908–990)—one of these thirty-six esteemed figures—contrasts with the bold, assertive lettering of his poem above. The poem reads:
秋の埜の はぎの にしきを
ふるさとに 鹿のね うつしてしかな
How I wish I could bring back
to the place I was born
the brocade of bush clover,
covering these autumn fields,
as well as the baying of deer.
秋の埜の はぎの にしきを
ふるさとに 鹿のね うつしてしかな
How I wish I could bring back
to the place I was born
the brocade of bush clover,
covering these autumn fields,
as well as the baying of deer.
Artwork Details
- 清原元輔像 為重本 時代不同歌合絵巻断簡
- Title: Portrait of Kiyohara no Motosuke, from the “Tameshige Version of Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras” (Tameshige-bon Jidai fudō uta-awase)
- Artist: Unidentified artist Japanese, early 15th century
- Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Date: 15th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 11 1/2 x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 51 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (131.4 x 36.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 51 3/4 x 16 in. (131.4 x 40.6 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.719.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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