Zen Poem by Setsurei Eikan, Transcribed by Saishō Jōtai (Translation)
行書雪嶺永瑾漢詩七言絕句 桃山時代 西笑承兌書 冊頁 紙本墨迹 (Primary Title)
Panel 10 from the Mitsunobu, Pair of Folding Screens Depicting Birds, Animals and Flowers (Former Title)
Saishō Jōtai 西笑承兌, Japanese, 1548 - 1608 (Calligrapher)
Setsurei Eikan 雪嶺永谨, Japanese, 1470 - 1537 (Poet)
Gozan Bungaku 五山文學 Literature of the Five Mountains
Rinzai Zen School 臨済宗
Momoyama period (1573-1615)
西笑承兌
西笑
人在他鄉思故鄉，倦飛鳥亦苦天長。 春来依舊欲歸翼，花落林間畫錦堂。 右雪嶺之詩, 野釋承兌書焉。
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