Haiku by Buson
A flash of lightning,
The sound of dew,
Dripping down the bamboos
稲妻にこぼるる音や竹の露
inazuma ni koboruru oto ya take no tsuyu
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
A flash of lightning!
The sound of dew
Dripping down the bamboos
|
inazuma ni koboruru oto ya take no tsuyu |
稲妻に こぼるる音や 竹の露 |
| Buson | 蕪村 |
稲妻にこぼるる音や竹の露 (inazuma ni koboruru oto ya take no tsuyu): at a flash of lightning, the sound of dew spilling from the bamboo. 稲妻 is lightning, the autumn season word; こぼるる音 is the sound of something spilling over, which is what dew does from a leaf; や holds the line after the sound; 竹の露 is the dew on the bamboo, shaken loose by the flash. The word is dew. Buson's own selection of 1784, printed in the last winter of his life, reads 露, and so does every later edition but two, which print the bamboo's voice instead. Lightning is the loudest thing in the sky and makes no sound here; what is heard is dew, the quietest thing in the grove, heard because the flash has made the listener still. The English is R. H. Blyth's, from his Haiku of 1952.
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.
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