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Nihon hana zue
(Japan and Korea )
Taira Tadanori (1144-1184), on his way to the battle at Ichinotani, slept under a cherry tree one night. The poem he composed that night, which later was found on his dead body, expressed no concern for battle or death but was a simple appreciation of nature at that moment. In van Bremen-Ito's translation:
When twilight comes
under the shade of this tree
I take up my dwelling;
this night, only a flower
will be my host.
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Provenance
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Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.
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Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 1987
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.202