Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past in Japanese Calligraphy

遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな (osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana)

The long slow days of spring piling up, so far away the past	osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana	遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな
Basho	bashou	芭蕉

According to Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 by Haruo Shirane and James Brandon, "'Long day' (osoki hi) is a late-spring day when the sun sets late and the day seems to last forever, reminding the poet both of the past, of youth, which seems so far away, and of the many springs and years that have come and gone since that time."

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Block Vertical VB3C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Block Vertical VB6C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Cursive Vertical VC6B

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Cursive Vertical VC6C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Design Vertical VD3B

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Design Vertical VD3C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Design Vertical VD6C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past (遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past 遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6C

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past

遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな (osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana)

Also available as a hand-brushed Japanese scroll