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Title: Four waka poems
Creator: Fujimoto, Tesseki, 1816-1863
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Publication Information: japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed at left edge below center. No seals. Inscribed with four waka poems: 1) "The timekeeper beats his hand drum /The Imperial Palace is floating perched on the hazy moon of a spring night." 2) "Like the heart of a bush warbler / with scentless sleeves without Mo (ancient women’s trousers) / In a spring shower, I am standing and soaking wet." 3) "Divination shows, after the hour of the Cock (5-7 pm), before the hour of the Ox (2 am) / The Great Avenue will be pure." 4) "When I listen, I understand, / when I see I get, / on the road of _ _ (two unreadable characters) / I will not go in the wrong direction like my father did. -- My four most recent poems." (trans. Shinya Maezaki)
Medium: ink on paper
Acquisition: Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Permanent Collection. Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Ian Wilson.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll; 110 x 30 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
poetry
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb4k401066
ucm_li_2002_168
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Poetry

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