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A POEM AND THE PORTRAIT OF THE POET

 

L 0137

Poet: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (about 662 - about 710)

Date: Tosa school, about 1800,
backing later Meiji period
Sizes: Picture size each c30 x 21,5 cm.
Double page size: c31,5 x 47,5 cm

Painted portrait of the poet and a brushed ink calligraphy with one of his best poems,
on silk, mounted on an album page with margins spotted with gold leaves.

Silk with some restored worm holes and a little bit stained,
otherwise very good condition, at the back side somewhat wavy. Fresh and bright colours.

€ 650,-


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