Portrait of the poetess, Saigu no Nyogo Yoshiko

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Fujiwara no Nobuzane (1176?-1265?)

• Calligrapher

  Attributed to Fujiwara no Tameie 藤原為家 (1198-1275)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)

  Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  Japanese Calligraphy (December 21, 1984 to November 7, 1985)

  Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

  Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)

  Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

  Japanese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)

  Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

  Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Fujiwara no, Tameie, Fujiwara no, Nobuzane

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Prince, Art, Princess, Japanese Art, Portraits, Poets, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings