Portrait of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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Attributed to Rokkaku Jyakusai Attributed to Rokkaku Jyakusai

  • Muromachi period, 15th century
  • hanging scroll

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Since Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, the representative poet of the Man'yoshu Anthology was praised as a sage of poetry during the Heian period, he became deified within poetry, and many portraits were painted. This painting is one of the representative pieces, and is attributed to Rokkaku Jakusai judging from the minute details.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)

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Title/Name Portrait of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Attributed to Rokkaku Jyakusai
Period/Era Muromachi period
Century 15c.
Quantity hanging scroll
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
color on silk
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Origin
Excavation
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Place
Shimane Hyogo
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK000039
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
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Portrait of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

Portrait of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

Since Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, the representative poet of the Man'yoshu Anthology was praised as a sage of poetry during the Heian period, he became deified within poetry, and many portraits were painted. This painting is one of the representative pieces, and is attributed to Rokkaku Jakusai judging from the minute details.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)