Record of Chakutō Waka Poems (Chakutō Onkaishi) by Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
- Artist
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Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464–1526)
- Period
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Muromachi period, 16th century
- Quality and quantity
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Ink on paper, one hanging scroll
- Size (cm)
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H 26.3 × W 38.2
- Category
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Calligraphy
- Classification
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Important art object
- Accession number
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MY0#00007
Description
This piece is a record made by Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (then Crown Prince Katsuhito) of a chakutō waka gathering held in 1485 (Bunmei 17). Chakutō waka is a poetic practice in which a fixed number of participants assemble at a designated location for one hundred consecutive days, composing one waka poem apiece on a predetermined theme.
The sheet contains nine waka poems composed on the theme of kusamura no hotaru (fireflies among the grass), including a poem by the emperor himself, as well as poems by courtiers and ladies-in-waiting who were his close attendants. In 1666 (Kanbun 6), the piece was presented by Tokugawa Yorinobu, the first lord of the Kii Tokugawa family, one of the three branch families (Gosanke) that supported the Tokugawa shogunate, to Matsudaira Yorishige, the first head of the Takamatsu Matsudaira family. Emperor Go-Kashiwabara was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado.