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Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjûrokkasen: Yamabe no Akahito)

(Japanese, dates unknown)
15th century
Medium/TechniqueAlbum leaf; ink and color on paper
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 number17.1645
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InscriptionsPoem: Waka no ura ni/ shiomichi kureba/ kata o nami/ ashibe o sashite/ tazu nakiwataru 「和かのうらに 汐みちくれは かたをなみ あしへをさして たつ鳴渡る」
Provenancepurchased from Yamanaka in 1917