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大田垣蓮月 Otagaki Rengetsu Japanese Sencha set 6pcs Fine-point Brushes Teapot & Cups with Box V669

The poems are written with a long, thin brush called a 面相 Menso (fine-point brushes). The box says it was passed down to a person named 山田 Yamada of 大聖寺 Daishoji Temple.

Teapot
山ざとは 松の聲のみ 聞なれて 風ふかぬ日は さびしかりけり
Yamazato wa matsu no koe nomi kiki nare te kaze fuka nu hi wa sabishikari keri.
Living deep in the mountains I’ve grown fond of the soughing pines? On days when the wind is still how lonely it becomes!

Cup1
鶯の みやこにいでん 中やどに かさばやと思ふ 梅咲にけり
Uguisu no miyako ni ide n nakayado ni kasa baya to omou ume saki ni keri.
Warblers flying to Miyako: how I’d like to offer them a traveler’s inn in my freshly blossoming plum tree...

Cup2
梅が香に 枕もとらで 更る夜の そらに鳴行 春の雁がね
Ume ga ka ni makura mo tora de fukuru yo no sora ni nakiyuku haru no karigane.
In the scent of plum blossoms they do not even rest... in the deepening night sky crying and winging away the wild geese of spring.

Cup3
山賤があすのいそぎにとぐ鎌の 光りに似たる夕月夜かな
Yamagatsu ga asu no isogi ni togu kama no hikari ni ni taru yuuzukiyo kana Looking like the gleam of a sickle
sharpened by a woodsman for his next day's work-the light of the evening moon.

Cup4
霜かとて はらへど白き さむしろは まどもる月の 影にざりける
Shimo ka to te harae do shiroki samushiro wa mado moru tsuki no kage ni zari keru.
Is this frost? Though I try to brush it off this narrow mat is still cold... what comes through my window must be only moonlight.

Cup5
山の井の そこはかとなき 怠りを うちおどろかす 入あひのかね
Yamanoi no sokohaka to naki okotari wo uchi odorokasu iriai no kane.
At a mountain well... in a spell of idleness jarred awake -the ringing sunset bell.

大田垣蓮月 Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
A female poet from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period. Born in Kyoto. She was adopted by 大田垣光古 Otagaki Teruhisa, samurai who served at Chion-in Temple, when she was only 10 days old. She later married 望古 Mochihisa, the adopted son of Teruhisa. She and Mochihisa had three children, all of whom died at an early age. She also lost her husband, Mochihisa soon. At the age of 33, she lost her second husband, 古肥 Hisatoshi. She and Hisatoshi had one daughter, but the daughter and Mochiko died in 1823. She shaved her head and took the name "Rengetsuni / Nun Rengetsu". After that, Rengetsu moved from place to place and was known as "Moving house Rengetsu" because of her love of moving. After her children died, she lost her father at the age of 42 and lived a life of poverty and solitude. After her father's death, she made her own pottery with waka poems carved with nails, which was called "Rengetsu-yaki". Rengetsu-yaki was so popular as a souvenir of Kyoto, but the sales were given to the poor. He loved 富岡鉄斎 Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) as if he were his own child. He died at the age of 85, 1875 at 神光院 Jinkoin. She excelled in waka poetry, and was also skilled in calligraphy, painting, naginata, and Go. In waka poetry, she wrote many feminine and delicate epic poems, and was good at writing plain epic poems. Rengetsu was also known for his good looks. It is said that some men approached her because of her beauty which never waned even as she grew older. There is an anecdote that she deliberately pulled out her teeth to ruin her beauty and protected herself from temptation.

Dimensions of the tea pot: 4.1" x 3.8" x 2 / 10.4cm x 9.7cm x 5cm
Dimensions of the tea cup: 2.6" x 1.4" / 6.6cm x 3.5cm

Material: Pottery
Technique: Hand-made
Weight: 610g including Box

Condition

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