The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals, Edo period (1615–1868), early 17th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper, Image: 11 1/4 × 12 3/4 in. (28.6 × 32.4 cm); Overall with mounting: 47 3/4 × 16 5/8 in. (121.3 × 42.2 cm); Overall with knobs: 47 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (121.3 × 47.6 cm), Paintings, Iwasa Matabei (Japanese, 1578–1650), For the Japanese elite, poetry was the quintessential literary experience. Idealized and deeply admired, poets were often commemorated in portraiture. In the early eleventh century, Fujiwara Kintō (966–1041) selected thirty-six 'immortal' poets from the past, and their images became a popular theme in the yamato-e painting tradition
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Poet Mibu no Tadamine, set, album leaves illustrating, Thirty-six Poetic Immortals, Edo period, 1615–1868, early 17th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, silver, paper, Image, 11 1/4, 12 3/4, 28.6, 32.4 cm, Overall, mounting, 47, 16 5/8, 121.3, 42.2, knobs, 18, 47.6, Paintings, Iwasa Matabei, Japanese, 1578–1650, Japanese elite, poetry, quintessential literary experience, Idealized, deeply admired, poets, commemorated, portraiture, eleventh, century, Fujiwara Kintō, 966–1041, selected thirty-six, immortal, past, images, popular theme, yamato-e painting, tradition
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