Eggplants and Poem, between 1600 and 1650

  • Unkoku Toeki, Japanese, 1591-1644

Ink on paper

  • Overall: 39 inches × 20 3/4 inches (99.1 × 52.7 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm) Installed: 40 inches × 20 3/4 inches × 1 inches (101.6 × 52.7 × 2.5 cm)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

65.365

Stamps, in red, upper left: [seals] Stamp, in red, left of inscription: [seal]

Inscribed, upper center, in ink, a poem: [translated: Who picks up the eggplant? | They look like violet flowers gathering dew around them as if sashes.]

Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton

1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Unkoku Toeki, Eggplants and Poem, between 1600 and 1650, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 65.365.