Haiku by Basho
Taken ill on my travels,
My dreams roam over
the withered moors
旅に病んで夢は枯野をかけ廻る
tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
Taken ill on my travels,
My dreams roam over
the withered moors
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tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru |
旅に病んで 夢は枯野を かけ廻る |
| bashou | 芭蕉 |
旅に病んで夢は枯野をかけ廻る (tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kake meguru): ill on the road, and my dreams run round the withered fields. 旅に病んで is fallen ill on a journey; 夢は sets the dreams against the body that cannot move; 枯野 is the withered fields, the winter season word; かけ廻る is to run about, to range. It is the last verse Bashō composed. His disciples recorded that on the eighth night of the tenth month of 1694, unable to sleep, he composed it and had it written down, offered them a second form of the last phrase, and refused to call it a death verse: not a death verse, nor not one; the mind of my illness. He died four days later. The Japanese tradition argued for two centuries over what to call it; the English tradition made it his death verse because it needed one. The English is Asatarō Miyamori's, from his Anthology of Haiku of 1932.
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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