The Burke Collection
Poem from Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)
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Artists

Hon’ami Kōetsu

(本阿弥光悦; 1558–1637)

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

(俵屋宗達; d. ca. 1640)

Catalogue information

Momoyama period, early 17th century

Album leaf, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper

18.3 x 16.3 cm (7 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Ex Coll.: Ōkura

Literature

Murase 1975, no. 48
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 52
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Murase 2000, no. 83
Murase, Miyeko
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tamamushi Satoko 2004, p. 67.
Tamamushi Satoko
2004
Toshi no naka no e: Sakai Hōitsu no kaiji to sono efekuto (Painting born in the urban environment of Edo: The art of Sakai Hōitsu and his followers). Tokyo: Seiunsha.

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Text

[Poem 289] The autumn moon shines brightly / upon the mountains, / illuminating every fallen colored leaf.