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業平東下り
Tales of Ise, attributed to the 10th-century aristocrat Ariwara no Narihira, is a collection of poems with accompanying stories. This particular episode recounts Narihira’s journey from Kyoto to the eastern provinces. The upside-down text below announces a performance of jōrūri chanting. It was originally folded in half horizontally, with the image on one side and the text on the other, and then folded into three sections to make a convenient small program. Complete examples of this type of print are rare, as many collectors removed and discarded the text portion.
Narihira Passing Mount Fuji on His Journey to the East (concert program)
業平東下り
Sawaki Sûsetsu (Japanese, 1736–1804)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
57.7 x 43.4 cm (22 11/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.457
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Tales of Ise, attributed to the 10th-century aristocrat Ariwara no Narihira, is a collection of poems with accompanying stories. This particular episode recounts Narihira’s journey from Kyoto to the eastern provinces. The upside-down text below announces a performance of jōrūri chanting. It was originally folded in half horizontally, with the image on one side and the text on the other, and then folded into three sections to make a convenient small program. Complete examples of this type of print are rare, as many collectors removed and discarded the text portion.
Signed
Sa Sûsetsu ga
佐嵩雪画
佐嵩雪画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross