Tanzaku by Sakuragi
- Person
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作者桜木
- Date
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制作年 AD19
- Title
- サクラギヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Sakuragi (years of birth and death unknown) was a high-class courtesan of the late Edo Period who worked at Wachigai-Ya teahouse in the Shimabara pleasure quarters of Kyoto. Excelling in waka, Sakuragi enjoyed the patronage of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), who taught her poetry writing. Rengetsu, Sakuragi, and Ueda Chikako (a highly-educated geisha of Gion who ran something like a literary salon) were known to have held poetry parties at Rengetsu’s house in Okazaki. Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924), a close friend of Rengetsu’s, described Sakuragi to be a talented woman of strong will. This poem is written on silk-coated paper of which the cloth’s top is dyed vermillion, while the bottom is dyed deep indigo-blue, with silver flakes scattered across it. The beautifully flowing letters nicely complement the exquisitely decorated ryoshi, with a resultant gorgeous finish befitting the feminine beauty of its writer.
Dew: We exchanged deepest words till his departure and I alone wet my sleeves.
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Quantity 1幅
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Materials ＊上 朱曇 下 濃き縹曇 ＊銀のもみ箔散らし
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