Minneapolis Institute of Art
Illustration of the Emperor Kōkō's Poem
Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Publisher: EbisuLinkedCulture matchlcp-a6ed44edaea2
- Date
- c. 1840–42
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 57826
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Kakinomoto Hitomaro was a great poet and, after his death around 739, he was deified as a Shinto god. In his poem, written here in the upper portion of the print, he emphasizes the loneliness of autumn: Ah, the foot-drawn trail of the mountain-pheasant's tail dropped like a down-curved branch Through this long, long-dragging night must I keep my cushion alone? Kuniyoshi strengthened the autumnal association within his composition by picturing autumn grasses, the full moon, and maple leaves as decoration on the small folding screen near Hitomaro. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.
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