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Waka by Otagaki Rengetsu

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Date
制作年 AD19
Title
オオタガキレンゲツヒツワカ
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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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AW-CEN-001602-0000
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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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Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), the popular Kyoto-born poetess, was originally named Nobu. She was adopted by Otagaki Teruhisa soon after her birth. She married twice but was bereaved twice, and since her four sons all died young, she joined a nunnery headed by Gesshin of Jinko-In Temple and was given the Buddhist name of Rengetsu. Later she embarked on a pottery-making business, living in various parts of Kyoto. She wrote her own waka poems on the pottery she created, which soon became sought-after crafts, with the appropriate name of “Rengetsu Pottery.” Also an excellent poet, Rengetsu studied waka writing under Ueda Akinari (1734-1809) and Kagawa Kageki (1768-1843), deeply attractedto the styles of Ozawa Roan (1723-1801). The exhibited poem is from Rengetsu’s private poetry book Ama-no Karumo. Both fine examples of Rengetsu’s artistry, they were written in the poet’s old age, at age 81. Note the graceful brushwork, though rendered at such an old age.

A turtle is said to live ten thousand years. I’d readily collect many turtles and dedicate their long lives to His Majesty, in prayer for his longevity.

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AW-CEN-001602-0000
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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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Waka by Otagaki Rengetsu

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Waka by Otagaki Rengetsu

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