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The Eastern Journey of the Celebrated Poet Ariwara no Narihira
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎LinkedCulture matchlcp-3956d3d4d8b9
- Date
- c. 1806
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; nagaban surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 24515
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This picture is based on the ninth scene in Tales of Ise. Finding life uncomfortable in the capital, Kyoto, the poet traveled east with some friends. They took a river ferry near Mount Fuji and saw a flock of strange birds. In answer to their questions, the ferryman replied, “It is a capital bird, of course.” Stopping on the bank, the poet made this request: If you are in truth What your name seems to make you, I will put it to you, Capital-bird, this question: Do things go well with my love? (Translated by Steven Carter)
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Provenance
- Yamanaka & Company; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, Dec. 14, 1911; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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