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Title: Farewell poem
Creator: Okada, Hankō, 1782-1846
Date Created and/or Issued: 1829
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: Inscription reads "The garden persimmons are all red, the chestnuts green; / Why should I have to leave you at this moment? / You have been so marvelously hospitable, / I shall not wait for the trees to bud again before I return." (trans. Stephen Addiss)
Medium: ink on paper
Acquisition: Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Permanent Collection. Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Makiji Hase.
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, 134 x 33 cm.
Form/Genre: calligraphy
poetry
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb587009f2
ucm_li_AS132
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Autumn
Farewells
Kaki persimmon
Chestnut

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