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Grebe with poem
Painter: Tawaraya Sôtatsu (Japanese, died about 1640)
Calligrapher: Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1579 – 1638)
Calligrapher: Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1579 – 1638)
Japanese
Edo period
early 17th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 89.4 × 36.1 cm (35 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Mounted: 172.6 × 47.5 cm (67 15/16 × 18 11/16 in.)
Overall: 175.3 × 52.4 × 2.6 cm (69 × 20 5/8 × 1 in.)
Mounted: 172.6 × 47.5 cm (67 15/16 × 18 11/16 in.)
Overall: 175.3 × 52.4 × 2.6 cm (69 × 20 5/8 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Accession Number2024.2805
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsInscriptions: Sōtatsu hokkyō (Sōtatsu, Bridge of the Law); lower left
Ukishizumi Floating and sinking
Nami no makai ni Between the waves,
Kakururu mo Whether visible or
Miyuru no onaji invisible
Nio no kayoiji It is all the same—
The pathway of the grebe
Inscribed upper section by Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
(translated by John M. Rosenfield and Yoshiaki Shimizu)
Sōtatsu sensei\hitsu\...\tori (bird) on outer paulownia box: Sōtatsu sensei\hitsu\...\tori (bird) ; Sōtatsu hitsu. . .. \Mitsuhiro san on inner box lid obverse.
Ukishizumi Floating and sinking
Nami no makai ni Between the waves,
Kakururu mo Whether visible or
Miyuru no onaji invisible
Nio no kayoiji It is all the same—
The pathway of the grebe
Inscribed upper section by Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
(translated by John M. Rosenfield and Yoshiaki Shimizu)
Sōtatsu sensei\hitsu\...\tori (bird) on outer paulownia box: Sōtatsu sensei\hitsu\...\tori (bird) ; Sōtatsu hitsu. . .. \Mitsuhiro san on inner box lid obverse.
ProvenanceMasuda Takashi, Don’ō (b. 1848 – d. 1938), Odawara and Kamakura; after 1938, collection sold by Masuda’s son to Setsu Inosuke (dealer; b. 1897 – d. 1969), Setsu Gatodō, Ltd., Tokyo; 1980, sold by Setsu Gatodō to Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, New York; gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 18, 2024)