Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442-1500)

Three poems on the theme of Tanabata (7th day, 7th month), ominaeshi (flower) and akikaze (autumn wind)

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Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442-1500)
Three poems on the theme of Tanabata (7th day, 7th month), ominaeshi (flower) and akikaze (autumn wind)
Kaishi mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
16¼ x 22 1/8in. (41.4 x 56.3cm.)

Provenance

Yamamoto Kenjiro

Further details

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Lot Essay

This scroll is registered as Juyo Bijutsuhin (Important Art Object) by the Cultural Ministry of Japan, with a certificate dated 1937.8.28.

Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado was the 103rd emperor of Japan and the first son of Emperor Go-Hanazono.

These three poems were probably composed at a poetry competition on the day of the Tanabata festival (7th day, 7th month) in 1483 at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

The poems read:

Tanabata wa kazoeya shiran yatokoto ni
Naete tamushiru hana no chigusa o

Wakemayou sode no tsuyu niwa ominaeshi
Hana mo aware to nabiku nobe kana

Kusaki niwa otosenu hito no akikaze o
Wagami hitotsu ni odorokaretsutsu

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