Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path in Japanese Calligraphy

梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな (mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)

Plum blossoms are the harbinger of spring. In this poem, I can imagine that Basho is walking head down along a cold, misty mountain path. He smells the fragrance of the plum blossom and looks up and, suddenly, there is the sun. After a long winter, the fragrance of the plum blossoms contains all the promises of spring.

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Block Vertical VB3C

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Block Vertical VB6C

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Cursive Vertical VC3B

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Cursive Vertical VC6B

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Design Vertical VD4B

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Design Vertical VD6B

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Design Vertical VD6C

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path (梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path 梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6C

Basho - In the plum blossom scent, the sun pops out, a mountain path

梅が香にのつと日の出る山路かな (mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana)

Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll