Zen Poem by Gesshū Jukei, Transcribed by Saishō Jōtai (Translation)
行書月舟寿桂漢詩七言絕句 桃山時代 西笑承兌書 冊頁 紙本墨迹 (Primary Title)
Panel 7 from the Mitsunobu, Pair of Folding Screens Depicting Birds, Animals and Flowers (Former Title)

Saishō Jōtai 西笑承兌, Japanese, 1548 - 1608 (Calligrapher)
Gesshū Jukei 月舟寿桂, Japanese, 1470 - 1533 (Poet)

16th century
Japanese
Calligraphy
Works On Paper
One of twelve leaves from two albums; ink on paper
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (31.43 × 34.93 cm)
68.45.7
Not on view
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
西笑
內蕊官花成馬塵,寒梅在野獨藏春。 横斜月暗竹籬里,又恐禽聲說與人。 右月舟之作, 野釋承兌叟墨戯。
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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