Haiku by Basho
On the back of the mirror,
A spring unseen,
A flowering plum-tree
人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅
hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
On the back of the mirror,
A spring unseen,
A flowering plum-tree
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hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume |
人も見ぬ 春や鏡 のうらの梅 |
| bashou | 芭蕉 |
人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume): a spring no one sees; the plum on the back of the mirror. 人も見ぬ春 is a spring that not even people see; 鏡のうら is the back of a mirror, where a bronze mirror carried its cast design, plum among the commonest; 梅 is the plum, the first flower of the year. It is a New Year's verse, dated to the first month of 1692 by Shirane and Fitzsimons and to 1693 by the 1774 collection of Bashō's verses, and it has been read one way since the Edo commentaries: the plum no one turns the mirror over to see is the good that goes unseen, a person's virtue that no one knows. Shirane adds a second layer, that Bashō wrote it in a year he had shut his gate even to his disciples, so the hidden plum is also his own wish for retreat. The English follows R. H. Blyth's, from The Genius of Haiku of 1994, with his lines reordered.
About Our Scrolls
Eri Takase was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and holds the rank of Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy, from the Bokuteki-kai and the Bunka-shodo. About Master Takase
Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Each scroll proudly bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.
The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.
Delivery
The scroll is completed within 1–3 business days and is shipped from Master Takase's studio in Washington State by USPS Priority Mail. It arrives ready to display.
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