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Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjûrokkasen: Kakinomoto Hitomaro)

(Japanese, 1705–1777)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueAlbum; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 45.4 x 32.3 cm (17 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Denman Waldo Ross, William Sturgis Bigelow, Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld, Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz, Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis, and Alexander Cochrane
Accession number17.1637
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ClassificationsPaintings
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InscriptionsPoem: Honobono to/ Akashi no ura no/ asagiri ni/ shima kagureyuku/ fune oshi zo omou
Provenancepurchased from Yamanaka in 1917