About the Artwork
Priest
1610
Konoye Nobutada
1565-1614
Japanese
Unknown
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Installed: 76 1/2 × 20 3/4 inches (194.3 × 52.7 cm) Image: 46 3/8 × 18 1/8 inches (117.8 × 46 cm) Installed: 78 1/2 inches × 20 3/4 inches × 1 inches (199.4 × 52.7 × 2.5 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
65.366
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Calligraphy, across the top, a poem: [translated: Whether I am the god | of Kitano, come down from heaven | Wearing my Chinese robe, | You can tell from the plum blossoms | I carry in my sleeve.] Calligraphy, following previous poem, a Chinese couplet: [translated: To him were directly transmitted the robe and Law of Mount Jing; | What need is there to remember his glory in age after age?]
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Konoye Nobutada, Priest, 1610, hanging scroll, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 65.366.
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