大田垣蓮月 OTAGAKI RENGETSU Japanese antique art kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll / Tanzaku Waka Poem うらやまし~ with Box W556 Animals He was a unique figure

He was a unique figure in the Japanese painting world with his Western-style brush strokes

STAIN in the back of the mounting

Seal: Kusumi 久隅

8cmMaterial: SilkTechnique: HandpaintedRoller ends: WoodWeight: 710g including Original Box (Tomobako)

he destroys the woodblocks himself at the end of the process

大田垣蓮月 OTAGAKI RENGETSU Japanese antique art kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll / Tanzaku Waka Poem うらやまし~ with Box W556 Animals He was a unique figureDescription OTAGAKI RENGETSU Japanese antique art kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll Tanzaku Waka Poem ~ with Box W556 Urayamashi kokoro no mama ni saki te toku sugasugashiku mo chiru sakura kana. How enviable true to their hearts they bloom such fleetingly, gracefully falling cherry blossoms Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 1875)A female poet from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period. Born in Kyoto. She was adopted by Otagaki