Eggplant and Calligraphy
Ōtagaki Rengetsu
Description
Subject Matter:
Best known as a poet, but she was also a talented potter, inscribing her poems on her wares, which were generally tea bowls or teapots of unglazed clay. Painted in a charming and delicate way, somewhat in the Shijō manner.
Roberts, Laurance Page, and John M. Rosenfield. A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer. Weatherhill, 2000.
Physical Description:
Yo no naka ni A fine example
mi no nariidete of success to emulate
omou koto A lowely eggplant
nasu wa medetaki ripens and brings forth fruit
tameshi narikeri accomplishing its goal in life
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