A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu

late 1900s

Takaki Seikaku 高木聖鶴

(Japanese, 1923–2017)
Sheet: 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Image: 13.5 x 15.5 cm (5 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Framed: 54 x 41 cm (21 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
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Here, the calligrapher Takaki Seikaku copied poem number 4,514 from one of the oldest existing collections of Japanese poetry, Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves). From top to bottom and from right to left, the poem about spring reads, "After the New Year, the spring comes. First in my villa a uguisu bird [Japanese bush warbler] sings."
A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu

A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu

late 1900s

Takaki Seikaku

(Japanese, 1923–2017)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) to Heisei period (1989-2019)

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