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Title
Irises
and
Poem
Description
Hanging
scroll
;
ink
and
light
colors
on
ink
with
beautiful
brocade
mounting
.
Image
size
:
38”
x
13.75”
,
scroll
mounting
:
72
"
x
18
1/4
".
Signed
by the
artist
(who
indicates
he also
inscribed
the
poem)
with
one
red
,
gourd-shaped
seal
:
Bunzen
.
Stored
in
paulownia
wood
(kiri)
box
. The
artist
of this
scroll
followed
in the
footsteps
of
artists
associated
with the
Rinpa
school
tradition
,
who
, from the
17th
century
, had
borrowed
subjects
from
Japan’s
courtly
past
, but
presented
them in
novel
ways
.
When
Japanese
viewers
see
paintings
of
irises
, they
inevitably
associate
them with
Japan's
most
celebrated
poetic
narrative
, The
Tales
of
Ise
(Ise
monogatari)
,
compiled
in the
tenth
century
. This
tale
consists
of
125
episodes
that
intersperse
a
biographical
narrative
of
Ariwara
no
Narihira
(825-880)
, a
famous
courtier-poet
of the
previous
century
,
together
with
examples
of his
romantic
poetry
.
One
of the
sections
describes
how,
when
a
man
and his
friends
go
looking
for a
place
to
live
in the
East
they
come
to an
eight-planked
bridge
(yatsuhashi)
that
crosses
a
marsh
filled
with
flowering
irises
. On the
spot
, they
compose
poems
to their
loved
ones
far
away
.
Although
as
yet
undeciphered
,
it
is
likely
that the
poem
Hōitsu
inscribed
on his
painting
comes
from this
section
of the
Tales
of
Ise
,
which
was a
favorite
of his to
illustrate
.
Country
Japan
Historical Period
Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868
Artist/Creator
Sakai
Hōitsu
(1761-1828)
Language
Japanese
Work of Art, Present Location
Hallie
Ford
Museum
of
Art
Type
still
image
Format
image/jpeg
Date Photographed/Recorded
1/15/2008
Permissions
Materials
may
be
used
for
educational
,
non-commercial
purposes
only
.
Acknowledgement
to be
given
to the
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
and to the
college
from
whose
collection
the
work
comes
. The
individual
college
retains
copyright
to the
work
.
IDEAS Collection
ASIANetwork-Luce
Asian
Art
in the
Undergraduate
Curriculum
Project
Institution Name
Willamette
University
IDEAS Identifier
soclaa001203
Collection Editor
Karil
Kucera
Notes
Gift
of
James
and
Aneta
McIntyre
.
Purchased
by the
McIntyres
from
T.Z
.
Shiota
,
San
Francisco
in
1963
.
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