The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the “Narikane Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals
This fragment once belonged to a long handscroll known as the “Narikane Version” because its calligraphy was attributed to the courtier-poet Taira no Narikane (died ca. 1209). It is the only portion known to be in an American collection. The poem was inscribed in small, evenly spaced letters that seldom flow into one another.
Ne no hi shi ni
shimetsuru nobe no
hime komatsu
hikade ya chiyo no
kage o matamashi
Don’t uproot
the pine sapling
in the field roped off
for the Day of the Rat—
wait a thousand years
until it casts
a long shadow!
—trans. by John T. Carpenter
Ne no hi shi ni
shimetsuru nobe no
hime komatsu
hikade ya chiyo no
kage o matamashi
Don’t uproot
the pine sapling
in the field roped off
for the Day of the Rat—
wait a thousand years
until it casts
a long shadow!
—trans. by John T. Carpenter
Artwork Details
- 藤原清忠 「業兼本 時代不同歌合絵巻」 断簡
- Title: The Poet Fujiwara Kiyotada, from the “Narikane Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals
- Artist: Unidentified artist Japanese
- Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Date: 13th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (26.4 x 25.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (107 x 37.1 cm)
Overall with knobs: 42 1/8 x 16 3/8 in. (107 x 41.6 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, in memory of Setsu Iwao, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.719.1
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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