Format: Ôban tate-e diptych (left and center sheets of triptych).
Inscribed [poem]: Utayomi wa heta koso yokere ametsuchi no ugoki-idashite tamaru mono ka wa (When composing poems, the more inept the better. For who could stand it, if the heavens and earth were moved). -- By Yadoya no Meshimori, translated by Timothy Cl.
Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
Signed: Utamaro ga.
Source acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
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