This scroll about a woman carrying firewood and flowers is by the Zen nun Otagaki Rengetsu aka Lotus Moon, renowned in her own time (1791-1875) as now for her poetry, calligraphy and pottery.
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Rengetsu hand-formed her own pottery and painted her own scroll imagery. She also often combined her inscriptions with the work of other potters and painters. The signature and seal on this scroll's image are by another artist.
Her haiku here appears close to that on a similar scroll dated 1867 :
The tips of firewood
she breaks off and bundles
are also flowery—
the spring wind
of Mount Oohara.
Her haiku here appears close to that on a similar scroll dated 1867 :
The tips of firewood
she breaks off and bundles
are also flowery—
the spring wind
of Mount Oohara.
Born around this time, the Irish poet WB Yeats (1865-1939) would later write :
ALL the words that I gather,
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm-darken'd or starry bright.
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm-darken'd or starry bright.
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