After Hon'ami Koetsu (19th-20th Century)

Two poems on paper decorated with white gourd melon

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After Hon'ami Koetsu (19th-20th Century)
Two poems on paper decorated with white gourd melon
Two poem pages mounted as two hanging scrolls; ink, silver and gold on paper
first: 7 3/8 x 6½in. (18.8 x 16.5cm.), second: 7 x 6 5/8in. (17.8 x 16.8cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

The first poem by Priest Zensho from the Shin kokin wakashu reads:

Hatsuseyama yu koe kurete ya o toeba
Miwa no hihara ni akikaze zo fuku

Climbing Mount Hatsuse, evening comes; I asked for accomodation,
the autumn wind blows in a dry field

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