287 A poem from Kokin wakashū (Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern); opening verse, Momiji ba no (もみし葉の)

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Title

287 A poem from Kokin wakashū (Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern); opening verse, Momiji ba no (もみし葉の)

Calligrapher

Attributed to Manju-in Ryōjo (1574-1643)

Style/period

Edo (1615–1868)

Date

Beginning of Edo

Material

Tanzaku (poem slip); ink on paper with cloud pattern and underdrawing

Measurements

36 x 5.4 cm

Identifier

Z42_4j3_122a_287

Item Locator

Z42.4 J3

Transcription

もみち葉の散て積れる我宿に/たれをまつ虫こゝらなくらむ

Transliteration

KKS IV: 203 momiji ba no / chirite tsumoreru / wa ga yado ni / tare o matsumushi / kokora nakuran (http://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-iv-203/)

Translation

KKS IV: 203 out in my garden / where the autumn leaves pile high— / I wonder for whom / the lonely pining cricket / waits calling so piercingly (Rodd 2017, p. 106)

KKS IV: 203 Scarlet leaves / Have fallen, piled deep / Around my house, so / For who does the cricket pine / With such constant chirping? (http://www.wakapoetry.net/kks-iv-203/)

Description

Information on kiwame fuda (Identification/Authentication slip): 曼珠院殿 良恕親王/もみち葉の
(極印)守村
(筆跡)古筆了任(分家二代)
Attributed to Manju-in-dono Ryōjo-shinnō; Authentication Seal: Shuson; Authenticator: Kohitsu Ryōnin (Second generation head of the Kohitsu branch lineage)

Source

〈第一巻 1〉古今和歌集(伊達家旧蔵本)コキンワカシュウ203もみぢばのちりてつもれるわがやどに誰を松虫ここらなくらむ
Gertrude Bass Warner Memorial Library

Repository

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Institution

University of Oregon

Type

Image

Format

image/jpeg

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Rights Holder

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

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