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Ariwara no Narihira

about 1785

16.933

Not currently on view

inkcolored inkpaperwoodcutting

Artwork Details

Series Title
none given, but it is one of a series of portraits of the 6 Poetic Sages, or Rokkasen
Artist
Creation Date
about 1785
Materials
ink on paper, color woodblock print
Object Types
prints, color woodcuts
Dimensions

15-1/2 x 10-3/16 in. (image & sheet; bled to margins)

Period
Edo
Mark Description

Signed by artist, reads: Eishi zu (Picture by Eishi) Publisher's mark: unidentified Censor's seal: circular kiwame Inscribed: Tsuki ya aranu | haru ya mukashi no | haru naranu | waga mi hitotsu wa | moto no mi ni shite [roughly: Oh, the moon is not the same moon, nor the Spring the same Spring. Only I myself remain unchanged]

Accession Number
16.933
Credit Line

Gift of Eliza M. Niblack

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Asian Art (Japanese and Korean)

Color Palette

Eliza M. Niblack, Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1916.


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