http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109060/suzuribako-writing-box-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Suzuribako (Writing Box): Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109060/suzuribako-writing-box-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109060/suzuribako-writing-box-gallery-label-current Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Suzuribako (Writing Box): Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2001-10-03</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>For this writing box, the renowned lacquer artist Yo_yu_sai was inspired by a poem that occurs in the 9th century Tales of Ise, attributed to the courtier Ariwara Narihira (depicted on the cover of the box). When the protagonist of the story (possibly Narihira himself) comes upon a marsh of blossoming irises, he composes a poem beginning each line with a syllable from the Japanese word for iris (<i>kakitsubata</i>): <p><i>Karogoromo I have a beloved wife</i></p> <p><i>Kitsutsu narenishi Familiar as the skirt</i></p> <p><i>Tsuma shi areba Of a well-worn robe</i></p> <p><i>Harubaru kinuru And so, this distant journeying</i></p> <p><i>Tabi o shi zo omou. Fills my heart with grief.</i></p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109060/suzuribako-writing-box-gallery-label-current For this writing box, the renowned lacquer artist Yo_yu_sai was inspired by a poem that occurs in the 9th century Tales of Ise, attributed to the courtier Ariwara Narihira (depicted on the cover of the box). When the protagonist of the story (possibly Narihira himself) comes upon a marsh of blossoming irises, he composes a poem beginning each line with a syllable from the Japanese word for iris (kakitsubata): Karogoromo I have a beloved wife Kitsutsu narenishi Familiar as the skirt Tsuma shi areba Of a well-worn robe Harubaru kinuru And so, this distant journeying Tabi o shi zo omou. Fills my heart with grief. " type="image/jpeg" />For this writing box, the renowned lacquer artist Yo_yu_sai was inspired by a poem that occurs in the 9th century Tales of Ise, attributed to the courtier Ariwara Narihira (depicted on the cover of the box). When the protagonist of the story (possibly Narihira himself) comes upon a marsh of blossoming irises, he composes a poem beginning each line with a syllable from the Japanese word for iris (kakitsubata): Karogoromo I have a beloved wife Kitsutsu narenishi Familiar as the skirt Tsuma shi areba Of a well-worn robe Harubaru kinuru And so, this distant journeying Tabi o shi zo omou. Fills my heart with grief. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts