The Burke Collection
Cherry Blossoms with Poems
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278-1

Artist

Kubo Shunman

(窪春満; 1757–1820)

Catalogue information

Edo period

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

91 x 32.2 cm (35 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)

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

Ex Coll.: Frank E. Hart

Additional details

D278-1
D278-1

Text

by Ōta Nanpo (1749–1823)

Even a life that may be threatened by naison [intestinal damage] or jinkyo [venereal disease] wishes to be saved, / at the time of cherry blossoms.

Signature

Shokusanjin

Text

by Ishikawa Masamochi (1753–1830)

Immortals or goblins mistake / the branches of cherries at Yoshino / for banks of clouds.

Signature

Chikujuen

Text

by Sugawara Nagane (1768–1845)

All white flowers of the world / look like kuzu at Mount Yoshino.

Signature

Nagane

Text

by Kitagawa Kihei (1753–1829)

If the Ōmon of Yoshiwara could keep the wind from entering, / one thousand ryō would not be spared / to pay for a flower there.

Signature

Magao

Text

by Shunman

Please, lay monk, tie up the wind god / when the cherries at Yoshino are at their height.

Signature

Inscribed and painted by Shunman

Seal

Shunman