Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Early Works

Mixed media artwork, 1996–1997. Japanese calligraphy on European handmade paper.

Artwork	Product Information	Notes
	000098 Gekkou January 1997 gekkou - moonlight - 月光
	000099 Teru Teru Bozu (Rain Bozu) January 1997 teru teru bouzu - 照る照る坊主 - Sunshine Doll	てるてるぼうずてるぼうず明日天気になあれ
	000100 tenshi January 1997 tenshi - angel - 天使	This is a poem from Ogura Hyakunin Isshu by Fujiwara no Atsutada 逢ひみてののちの心にくらぶれは昔はものをおもはざりけり逢ひみてののちの心にくらぶれは昔はものを思はざりけり藤原敦忠 rough: Compared to my heart the morning after in the long ago before nothing were my thoughts Fujiwara no Atsutada suggests the translation "I pined with all my heart to cast eyes on you, but once I did it was agonizing. The pain I felt longing to meet you pales in comparison to the despair I feel now."
	000102 Hagoromo January 1997 hagoromo - 羽衣 - angel's raiment
	000103 momiji January 1997	momiji- autumn colors - 紅葉 this is an excerpt もみじは夜のにしきなりけり red leaves in the night like jewelry the poem is 見る人もなくてちりぬるおく山の紅葉は夜のにしきなりけり（紀貫之 883～946）. Ki no Tsurayuki
	000104 heian no onna January 1997	紀貫之 Ki no Tsurayuki You may have changed your mind for all I know, but the plum blossoms of this village are blooming with that same heavenly scent of long ago.
	000107 hagoromo January 1997 hiten - Buddhist Angel - 飛天	世の中は夢かうつつかうつつとも the full poem is 世の中は夢かうつつかうつつとも夢とも知らずありてなければ世の中は夢かうつつかうつつとも夢とも知らずありてなければ（古今和歌集・巻第十八・雑歌下・題しらず・よみ人しらず）現代語訳世の中は（この世は）夢か（夢なのか《現実なのか》）うつつか（現実なのか《夢なのか》）。うつつとも夢とも知らず（はたして夢か、はたして現実か、そんなこと、誰にも分からない）。ありてなければ（なんとなれば、この世は、存在しているのに、存在していないのだから）。藤原家隆 Fujiwara no Ietaka (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) 98 従二位家隆 -> 藤原家隆 (従二位) junii ietaka
	000108 Aki no Budo (Autumn Grapes) January 1997	aki no budou - autumn grapes - 秋の葡萄逢事のたえてしなくばなかなかに the full poem is あふことのたえてしなくはなかなかに人をも身をも恨みざらまし (note "ha" is read "ba") もし逢うことが絶対にないのなら、かえってあの人をも私自身をも恨むことはしないだろうにあふことのたえてしなくばなかなかにひとをもみをもうらみざらまし If there is no chance on earth for us to meet, then there is no use in blaming either one of us. ちゅうなごんあさただ中納言朝忠 Chunagon Asatada
	000110 Oogi (Fan) January 1997 ougi - folding fan - 扇	小野小町の和歌色みえでうつろうものは世の中の人の心の花にぞありける Look at its color and it changes unseen, the blossom of a man's heart in this world.
	000111 heian no onna January 1997	天津かぜふけいの浦にいる鶴のなどかくもいにかえらざるべき Note that it is not right/wrong to choose kanji vs kana. This is an artistic choice. see http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/yamatouta/sennin/kiyotada.html 天つ風ふけひの浦にゐる鶴のなどか雲居にかへらざるべき（新古1723）藤原清正ふじわらのきよただ生年未詳～天徳二(958) Fujiwara no Kiyotada Here is the book we need Heavenly winds blow on the bay of fukei where the cranes gather why should they not return to their splendid home in the clouds
	000112 inchuu hassenka January 1997	いんちゅうはちせん inchuu hassenka Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu From wikipedia this is the first 11 lines 知章騎馬似乗船眼花落井水底眠汝陽三斗始朝天道逢曲車口流涎恨不移封向酒泉左相日興費万銭飲如長鯨吸百川銜杯楽聖称避賢宗之瀟洒美少年挙觴白眼望青天皎如玉樹臨風前
	000116 Aki (Autumn) January 1997 aki - Fall - 秋	落葉散るこの下風は寒からで fallen leaves, under here, the wind is not cold 桜散る木の下風は寒からで「桜散る木の下風は寒からで空に知られぬ雪ぞ降りける」紀貫之