Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to Fujiwara no Nobuzane (1176?-1265?)
- Calligrapher
- Attributed to Fujiwara no Tameie 藤原為家 (1198-1275)
- Label
- Imperial princess Saigu no Nyogo (929-985), one of the few women among the Thirty-six Immortal Poets, is shown in this imaginary portrait reclining behind a curtain. Her face is barely visible among multilayered garments and her long, flowing hair. A lacquer box for writing equipment, decorated in gold, lies open on the ledge of the platform beneath her tatami.
- A biography of the princess written in Chinese characters is followed by one of her poems in two lines of cursive hiragana:
- With the sound of the koto
- The wind in the pines of the mountain peak
- Seems to communicate
- With which note shall I begin?
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)
- Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)
- Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)
- Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)
- From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)
- Japanese Calligraphy (December 21, 1984 to November 7, 1985)
- Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)
- Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)
- Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
- Japanese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)
- Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)
- Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)
- Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 13th century
- Period
- Kamakura period
- Accession Number
- F1950.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 30.2 x 50.6 cm (11 7/8 x 19 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- On View
- Freer Gallery 06: Japanese Art from the Collection
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- portrait
- Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
- poet
- Japan
- prince
- princess
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1950.24
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e616dc5e-0434-4b37-bdda-aa095ea1de21
