Haiku by Buson
Plum blossoms everywhere,
I should go south,
I should go north
梅遠近南すべく北すべく
ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
Plum blossoms everywhere,
I should go south,
I should go north
|
ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku |
梅遠近 南すべく 北すべく |
| buson | 蕪村 |
梅遠近南すべく北すべく (ume ochikochi minami subeku kita subeku): plum blossoms here and there; south would do, and north would do. 遠近, ochikochi, is far and near, here and there; 南すべく and 北すべく are to go south and to go north, each with べく, would do, may, and nothing after them, so the sentence stops in the air. It stands in Buson's own collection of 1784 among the plum verses, with no headnote and no date, and within fifteen years a Kyoto gazetteer had attached it to a plum-viewing valley near Fushimi. A school rhetoric of 1935 made it the textbook case of the unsaid close and supplied what is left out, either way, as the heart pleases; Blyth called the feeling nameless and read it the same way, anywhere will do in these days of renewed life. Plum everywhere, so both roads are good: the verse is not a choice but a spring in which any direction is right. The English is Timothy L. Jackowski's, made for Takase Studios.
One also sees the pronunciation minnami which would make the second line seven syllables.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
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