Tanzaku by Sakurai Motosuke
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作者桜井基佐
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制作年 AD15
- Title
- サクライモトスケヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000763-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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A renga poet of the mid-Muromachi Period, Sakurai Motosuke used various characters to sign his name. Upon becoming a monk, he took up the priestly name of Eisen and began the study of waka under Priest Shotetsu. In 1482, he took part in a renga event held at Ohara Jujo-In along with Iio Sogi (1421-1502) and Socho (1448-1532). This event was later termed “Ohara Sangin” (Three Poets in Ohara), after which, Motosuke often participated in renga parties with Sogi. However, when Sogi compiled the Shinsen Tsukuba Shu (New Tsukuba Collection of Poems) in 1495, none of Motosuke’s poems were selected, so he composed a line of verse, now famous, criticizing the editors: “Though well-trained in waka, I’m not good enough to climb Mount Tsukuba.” (Also, it should be noted that Mount Tsukuba actually exists in central Japan, but here it insinuates the renga anthology of the same name.) Motosuke himself left behind two renga anthologies, the Motosuke Collection and the Sakurai Motosuke Waka Collection.The brushwork on these tanzaku is that of a master, though possibly done in the poet’s youth. This tanzaku is written on decorated paper with a depiction of cherry blossoms in gold dust. The poem title “Flowers after the Rain” is written by a different hand.
Flowers after the Rain: To see flowers bloom after days of rain is one of the great joys of the journey.
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