Edo Meiji Antique Japan Arts

Real Antique Japanese tea bowl old pottery Carved poem

Made by the famous Japanese poet and potter.

Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)

Description

Real Antique Japanese tea bowl old pottery Carved poem by Otagaki Rengetsu.

Excellent condition.

Very good old atmosphere. 

with Wooden storage box and Shifuku Bag.

Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded

to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century.

She was also a skilled potter and painter and expert calligrapher.


There is her 31-syllable Japanese poem and signature is engraved there.

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しら菊の　枕にちかく　かをる夜は　夢もいくよの　秋かへぬらむ

蓮月

(This is the meaning of this poem).

White chrysanthemums

near my pillow

scent the night

in my dream how many

autumns did I pass through?

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Tea bowl Size

Diameter max : 127mm ( 5.0 inch)   Height : 61mm (2.4 inch)

Weight  :  204g   /  7.2 oz

Excellent condition.

no chips, no cracks, no repair.

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