Attributed to Hon’ami Koetsu (1558-1637) (calligraphy) and Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1643) (underpaintings), Ten volumes of Utaibon [Noh Chant], Momoayama – Edo period, early 17th century | 俵屋宗達下絵・本阿弥光悦書　謡本　桃山時代末期～江戸時代初期　17世紀初頭

Rimpa no seika [The Essence of Rimpa], Okada Museum of Art, Hakone, 2015, cat. no. 1.

Kobayashi Tadashi ed., Masterpieces of the Okada Museum of Art, vol. 1, Tokyo, 2019, no. 92.

The title cartouches are inscribed with the following titles: Aisomegawa, Asagao, Ataka, Ama, Aritoshi, Ukai, Utou, Umegae and Eguchi; and are variously decorated as follows:

- Aisomegawa with dragonflies above swirling waters; title slip with lotus flowers in various states of budding and bloom

- Asagao with draping wisteria fronds; richly decorated title slip in gold, silver and metallic pigments

- Atsumori with cranes in flight; title ship with fringed pinks (nadeshiko)

- Ataka with butterflies in flight amongst tall grasses; title slip with further grasses

- Ama with autumn grasses, the title ship with pines

- Aritoshi with pine clad hills before mountains and a full moon or setting sun; title slip with the branches of a tree

- Ukai with stylised gourd vine on trellis; title slip with blossoming bush clover

- Utou with peony on a geometric pattern ground; title slips with flowers in bud

- Umegae with draping wisteria frond; title slip with stylised foliage on a bifurcated ground

- Eguchi with peony on a geometric pattern ground; title slip with cherry blossoms in various forms of budding and blossoming 

展覽

《琳派の精華》，岡田美術館，箱根，2015年，編號1

出版

小林忠編，《岡田美術館名品撰》，卷1，東京，2019年，編號92