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Source Description
Taira Tadanori (1144-1184), on his way to the battle at Ichinotani, slept under a cherry tree one night. The poem he composed that night, which later was found on his dead body, expressed no concern for battle or death but was a simple appreciation of nature at that moment. In van Bremen-Ito's translation:When twilight comesunder the shade of this treeI take up my dwelling;this night, only a flowerwill be my host.
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1095
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Nihon hana zue
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1095
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object
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normalized
title
Nihon hana zue
description
Taira Tadanori (1144-1184), on his way to the battle at Ichinotani, slept under a cherry tree one night. The poem he composed that night, which later was found on his dead body, expressed no concern for battle or death but was a simple appreciation of nature at that moment. In van Bremen-Ito's translation:When twilight comesunder the shade of this treeI take up my dwelling;this night, only a flowerwill be my host.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.
date
1892 (Meiji)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
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1
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1
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import
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cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Poem] On print: Yuri kureti konoshita kage o yado to seba hana yak o yoi no aruji naramash; [Translation] When twilight comes under the shade of this tree I take up my dwelling this night
only a flower will be my host; [Signature] On print: Gekko
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mulberry paper, pigments
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15036
1919
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JPK
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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