
Zen Poem by Ten'in Ryuutaku, Transcribed by Saishō Jōtai
(Translation)
行書天隱龍澤漢詩七言絕句 桃山時代 西笑承兌書 冊頁 紙本墨迹 (Primary Title)
Panel 3 from the Mitsunobu, Pair of Folding Screens Depicting Birds, Animals and Flowers (Former Title)
Saishō Jōtai 西笑承兌, Japanese, 1548 - 1608 (Calligrapher)
Ten'in Ryuutaku 天隱龍澤, Japanese, 1442 - 1500 (Poet)
Gozan Bungaku 五山文學 Literature of the Five Mountains
Rinzai Zen School 臨済宗
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
野釋承兌叟
西笑
楓葉襄時漸着花, 薰風五月實初嘉。
鳥聲亦似弹胡曲,此樹稱呼同琵琶。
右天隐製作,野釋承兌叟書之
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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