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Lot Essay
Sadasuke was a Nanga painter, noted connoisseur and a poet, born in Kyoto. He became the fifth in a line of literati painters who served as custodians of Taigado, the memorial hall in Kyoto honoring the artist Ike Taiga (1723–1776).
The first poem, titled????, Last Remnants of [….?] reads:
Here, in this aged temple, the pond of blue water lilies has since gone dry;
While surplus water runs between the feet of those busy pulling weeds in yonder rice paddies.
A monk drinks his wine in the temple, bidding farewell to yet another spring:
Red petals, lingering still, are scattering here and there, filling those fading mountains.
The second poem, titled Clouds Drifting Over a Splendid Scene, reads:
Stepping stones and planted flowers decorate this spacious garden;
Even the crafted mountains [miniature man-made mountains], so large, resemble real mountains.
[. . . .?] cools [soothes] the soul;
Both sage and layman alike find their mundane desires subdued.
The first poem, titled????, Last Remnants of [….?] reads:
Here, in this aged temple, the pond of blue water lilies has since gone dry;
While surplus water runs between the feet of those busy pulling weeds in yonder rice paddies.
A monk drinks his wine in the temple, bidding farewell to yet another spring:
Red petals, lingering still, are scattering here and there, filling those fading mountains.
The second poem, titled Clouds Drifting Over a Splendid Scene, reads:
Stepping stones and planted flowers decorate this spacious garden;
Even the crafted mountains [miniature man-made mountains], so large, resemble real mountains.
[. . . .?] cools [soothes] the soul;
Both sage and layman alike find their mundane desires subdued.