About this artwork
Somehow or other
When I hear it, oh, the tears
How they pour out!
Back and forth over sleeves of moss
The sweeping wind through the pines.
(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Chôbunsai Eishi
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Title
- The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1756–1806
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Medium
- Page from a color woodblock-printed volume
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Dimensions
- 24.8 × 37.5 cm (9 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1925.3115
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/24161/manifest.json
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