Catalog record · 目録番号 29359
Ki no Tomonori
Catalog note / 解説
This print was conserved with the support of the Robert F. Lange Foundation. On a peaceful day so warm in the tranquil light of the springtime sun how is it that the blossoms fall with so little sense of calm? (translation by Steven D. Carter) Ki no Tomonori (d. 905) was a prominent court poet, and one of the four compilers of the Kokin Wakashü (Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, 905), the first of eight imperially commissioned poetry anthologies compiled during the Heian period (794-1185). Though he passed away shortly before the anthology was completed, Tomonori contributed a traditional Chinese preface and a large number of notable poems to this collection, one of which was eventual…
Image record / 画像情報
Honolulu · c. 1847 · honolulu
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