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| Keywords: Miyagawa Kozan - Vase with Blossoming Plum and Short Poem - Walters 491912 - Profile.jpg Around the year 950 the emperor received an anonymous poem that made him change his mind about removing an ancient plum tree that had recently died Since my lord commands what can I do but obey; but the nightingales when they ask about their nests-- whatever can I tell them The character for nightingale is perched upon the branch; amazingly it and the other characters consists of clay inserted into the cut-out wall of the vessel ca 1904 Meiji porcelain with underglaze blue pink and yellow Overall cm 35 56 31 24 ; Vase cm 31 75 31 24 ; Wooden Base cm 6 35 22 86 accession number 49 1912 16302 Louisiana Purchase Exposition St Louis Henry Walters Baltimore December 1904 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1904 Poem Transcription Choku nareba itomo kashikoshi uguisu no yado wa to towaba ikaga kotaemu / Ki no Tsurayuki onna; Poem Translation Since my Lord commands what can one do but obey But the nightingales when they ask about their nests- whatever can I tell them Poem written by Ki no Naishi the daughter of the famous Heian-period poet Ki no Tsurayuki ca 872-945 ; Seal Xuande Hsuan-te; Transcription Makuzu gama Kozan sei; Translation Made by Kozan Makuzu kiln; Sticker Japanese export sticker 1904 Master Potters of Japan The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Bridging East and West Japanese Ceramics from the Kozan Studio The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994-1995 place of origin Yokohama Japan PD-old-auto 1916 Porcelain vases Blue and white porcelain Miyagawa Koza Meiji ceramics in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
