Zen Poem by Sakugen Shūryō, Transcribed by Baisen Toho (Translation)
行書策彦周良漢詩七言絕句 桃山時代 梅仙東逋書 冊頁 紙本墨迹 (Primary Title)
Panel 5 from the Mitsunobu, Pair of Folding Screens Depicting Birds, Animals and Flowers (Former Title)
Baisen Toho 梅仙東逋, Japanese, 1528-1608 (Calligrapher)
Sakugen Shūryō 策彦周良, Japanese, 1501 - 1579 (Poet)
Gozan Bungaku 五山文學 Literature of the Five Mountains
Rinzai Zen School 臨済宗
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
滴翠子
東逋
嘉粟口時霜已稠, 朝三暮四喜猕猴。
一枝秋色莫少言, 曾比燕秦千戶候。
策彥作 滴翠子書
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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