Sanda Ware porcelain sculpture with Celadon glaze depicting the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 653-655 - c. 707-710), Hyōgo, early 19th century (Edo period), Hideyoshi Kinkodō Kamesuke school. Notable detail: the head is removable and is a hundred years older than the Celadon body structure.
A sculpture very similar to this one, attributed to Kinkodō Kamesuke (1765-1837), is in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, William Van Horne Collection (1843-1915), (inv. 909.22.90).
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 653-655 - c. 707-710) was a Japanese poet and waka aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He is the most important of the poets included in the Man'yōshū, the oldest anthology of waka. His poetry incorporates mythology and historical narrative. Often in praise of the imperial family, his poetry is also full of human sensitivity and fresh, new folklore.
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