Portrait of the Poet 'Basho' / Yokoi Kinkoku

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Accession Number: 1968/2.22
Title: Portrait of the Poet 'Basho'
Artist: Yokoi Kinkoku
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1761-1832
Medium and Support: album leaf mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Style/Group/Movement: literati
Inscription: Seal: Kinkoku; Inscription: Yoshino nite At Yoshino Sakura misho zo I'll show you cherry blossoms- Hinoki-gasa. Cypress umbrella. ---Basho's haiku
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Dimensions: 21.6 cm x 18.4 cm (8 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in.)
Century: 18th century
Primary Keywords: album leaf; calligraphy; full-length; hanging scroll; hats; japan; monks; poetry; seated
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; asia; asian; clothing; figures; forms; genres; locality; making art; objects; people and occupations; portraits; religious figures
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 781 x 1486
File Size: 76 KB
Record: 1968/2.22
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.22/1968_2.22.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Highlights of the Japanese Collection (354); Diversities of Writing in Japan ASIAN 244 (25); Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868 (500)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1968-SL-2.22:1968_2.22.JPG

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Full citation: "Portrait of the Poet 'Basho'; Yokoi Kinkoku." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.22/1968_2.22.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.