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The Sojourning Ship (Tomaribune)
とまり船
Designer: Kimata Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1910 – 1997)
Composer: Kurawaka Haruo (Japanese, 1912 – 1982)
Arranger: Miyata Tōhō (Japanese, 1898 – 1986)
Lyricist: Shimizu Minoru (Japanese, 1903 – 1979)
Publisher: Shinkō ongaku shuppansha
Composer: Kurawaka Haruo (Japanese, 1912 – 1982)
Arranger: Miyata Tōhō (Japanese, 1898 – 1986)
Lyricist: Shimizu Minoru (Japanese, 1903 – 1979)
Publisher: Shinkō ongaku shuppansha
Japanese
Shôwa era
1948 (Shôwa 23), January 10
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.1 × 17.6 cm (9 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1173
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"When will the ship leave, damp in thin fog
Today too at the wharf, the lights are dim,
Shall I visit a cabaret, with flowering lights
After all I’m a sailor, alone in the world?
Burning in a straight line, my heart’s rainbow
Hangs focused on that girl, a night flower,
Even knowing this fact, a forlorn dream
Tied to myself as well, just a drifting bird.
Though the ship’s anchored, the departure bell
Will soon sound, and we too should cry,
Hot tears are, a couple’s lot in life
How can a man, forget?"
"When will the ship leave, damp in thin fog
Today too at the wharf, the lights are dim,
Shall I visit a cabaret, with flowering lights
After all I’m a sailor, alone in the world?
Burning in a straight line, my heart’s rainbow
Hangs focused on that girl, a night flower,
Even knowing this fact, a forlorn dream
Tied to myself as well, just a drifting bird.
Though the ship’s anchored, the departure bell
Will soon sound, and we too should cry,
Hot tears are, a couple’s lot in life
How can a man, forget?"
Marks
“Kimata Kiyoshi K” at upper left
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)