Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46445

The Priest Jakuren

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代
1835-1845
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
297 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
朝倉レン
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

support of the Robert F. Lange Foundation. Needles on the black pines are not yet dry of raindrops from a passing shower when already mist is rising on an evening in autumn. (translation by Steven D. Carter) The Priest Jakuren (formerly Fujiwara no Sadanaga, d. 1202) was a nephew of the eminent poet Fujiwara no Shunzei, and the adoptive heir to the Mikohidari line of poets until the birth of Shunzei's son Fujiwara no Teika, who would later become the compiler of the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets. After taking Buddhist orders at the age of twenty-three, Jakuren moved to Saga, Kyoto, and continued to write poetry reflecting the style of his mentor Shunzei. In 1201, he was commissione…

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