Haiku by Buson
The spring sea,
all day rising and falling,
rising and falling
春の海終日のたりのたり哉
haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
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12 1/4" × 43" (31 × 109 cm)
Description
The spring sea
all day rising and falling
rising and falling
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haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana |
春の海 終日のたり のたり哉 |
| buson | 蕪村 |
春の海終日のたりのたり哉 (haru no umi hinemosu notari notari kana): the spring sea, all day long, swelling and falling, swelling and falling. 春の海 is the spring sea, a calm open surface; 終日, hinemosu, is all day long; のたりのたり is a word for the slow heave of a swell, and the great dictionary of 1919 defines it from this verse; 哉 closes it. The doubling is the poem: the word takes as long to say as a swell takes to pass, and 終日 says it will not stop. The verse was first printed in 1763 in an anthology whose editor judged it plain, calm and free, and in 1797 it was inscribed, with Buson's name, in the sky of a printed view of Edo bay. Every reader since has praised two things in it, its plainness and its sound. The motion is a swell in place, the sea heaving slowly all day. The English is Timothy L. Jackowski's, made for Takase Studios.
Translation Notes:
This haiku by Buson consists of the words 春 (read haru) meaning "spring", 海 (read umi) meaning "sea; ocean", 終日 (read hinemosu) meaning "all day long; the whole day", and のたりのたり (read notarinotari) meaning "undulating; rolling slowly; gently swelling". Also notice that the final 哉 (read kana) is often written in either hiragana or kanji and this does not change the meaning.
Delivery
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