Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 18th century Japan Imaginary portraits of Genji author Murasaki Shikibu had a precedent in images of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (died ca. 715), one of Japan’s greatest poets, shown on this writing box. Hitomaro leans on an armrest, immersed in thought, a pose first used in portraits of the author from the Kamakura period (1185–1333). His most famous waka (thirty-one-syllable poem), anthologized in the Kokinsh? (compiled in 905), was prominently referenced in Genji:In dawn’s first dim light,my thoughts follow a small boat,going island-hi
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 18th century Japan Imaginary portraits of Genji author Murasaki Shikibu had a precedent in images of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (died ca. 715), one of Japan’s greatest poets, shown on this writing box. Hitomaro leans on an armrest, immersed in thought, a pose first used in portraits of the author from the Kamakura period (1185–1333). His most famous waka (thirty-one-syllable poem), anthologized in the Kokinsh? (compiled in 905), was prominently referenced in Genji:In dawn’s first dim light,my thoughts follow a small boat,going island-hid throughthe morning fog and mistat Akashi-no-ura. —Translation by H. C. McCulloughThe interior is decorated with a scene of distant sails and the coastal pines of Akashi Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. Japan. 18th century. Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cutout gold- and silver-foil application; lead rim. Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer
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