Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) Mori Yoshiaki (1801-1873) | Standing Hina Dolls (Tachibina zu) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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September 29, 02:14 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)

Mori Yoshiaki (1801-1873)

Standing Hina Dolls (Tachibina zu)

Meiji period, late 19^th century

a hanging scroll: ink, colour, gold and gofun on paper, the painting signed Yoshiaki and with artist's read seal, the poem signed Hachijuni Rengetsu (Rengetsu at the age of eighty-two), linen and silk brocade mount, red lacquer scroll ends decorated in gold hiramaki-e with budding and flowering cherry blossoms, fitted wood storage box

122.5 x 40 cm., 48¼ x 15¾ in. (excluding mount)

211 x 45 cm., 83 x 17 ¾ in. (including mount)

7 x 53 x 8 cm., 2¾ x 20⅞ x 3¼ in. (the fitted wood storage box)

The poem composed by the female artist Otagaki Rengetsu is in reference to the third day of the third month, the day of celebration for Doll's Day (Hinamatsuri). Within the poem, Rengetsu includes an auspicious pun on the word momoyorokobi (lit. peach blossom joy), which also encompasses the word for eternity, momoyo. The poem has been translated as:

Today, as a humble offering

To this Lord and Lady

Newly flowering peach blossoms

To usher the myriad joys

Of countless springs

Kono tono ni

kyo saku hana wa

iku haru no

momoyorokobi no

hajime naru ran

For further works by Rengetsu, see Lots 15, 48 and 49.