Artwork Details
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Dimensions
9-7/16 x 8-1/8 in. (image) 52-3/4 x 18-1/2 in. (mounted)
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Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Collection
Asian Art (Japanese and Korean)
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Provenance
(Leighton Longhi Far Eastern Art, New York, New York) through Alan J. and Ann Strassman, Wellesley, Massachusetts, purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2000.
Gallery Labels
Hiding in the reeds, his fan shielding his face, a man peers at an elegantly dressed woman seated on a veranda. They are childhood friends who married, but their life was not prosperous, and he is now making frequent visits to the home of a new wife and a better life in a neighboring province. His suspicions are aroused since his first wife does not seem to show adequate sadness at his departure. One day he pretends to leave but hides to spy on her instead. She adorns herself, goes out to the veranda, and then recites a poem expressing her concern for his safety on his journey. Deeply touched, he renews his love for her and ceases his trips to Kawachi.
Traveling alone in the dead of night / Oh would that he could safely cross / that mountain (Mt. Tatsuta) which recalls the white-capped waves of a wind-blown sea.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Sōtatsu: Making Waves
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Instiution
October 24, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Tarawaraya Sotatsu
Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Instiution
October 24, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Indianapolis Museum of Art
June 10, 2005 - July 10, 2005
Indianapolis Museum of Art
April 16, 2005 - May 29, 2005
Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 26, 2005 - April 3, 2005
Indianapolis Museum of Art
November 6, 2004 - December 26, 2004
Indianapolis Museum of Art
May 20, 2000 - August 6, 2000
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