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Title: The Ninth Month
Creator: Gion, Nankai, 1677-1751
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed "院瑜" with two seals at lower left corner. One additional seal at upper right corner. Five-line inscription reads "Ninth Month: the color by the easter hedge / Is the most pure beauty of yellow. / In the setting sun, magnificent wine foams up; / With this rich drink, I can watch cranes lower their robes. / In a season caught between wind and severe frost, / Cherishing the scent of rain and dew, / Their longevity comes from the substance of the earth-- / For a thousand years, their golden petals will shine" (trans. Stephen Addiss).
Medium: ink on wax-imprinted paper
citation: Reproduced in Stephen Addiss, "Shadows of Emotion: the Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry of Gion Nankai," Kaikodo Journal 9 (1998).
Biography/History: Artist also known as 祇園南海
Acquisition: Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection; on long-term loan to the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll; 30 x 20 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
Early to Middle Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb1779p05p
ucm_li_AS228
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Sun--Rising and setting
Autumn
Cranes (Birds)
Longevity

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