Kameda Bōsai (1752-1826) 龜田鵬齋 ｜Poems in Cursive Script 草書絕句兩首

Kameda Bōsai 1752-1826

Poems in Cursive Script

ink on paper, hanging scroll

signed Pengzhai and with four seals of the artist.

132.5 x 27.1 cm. 52 ⅛ × 10 ⅝ in.

This work presents cursive calligraphy of two poems that evokes the solitude of a traveler’s lodging: the slanting moonlight after a snowfall illuminating a window, the sound of geese passing on a cold night, and the quiet communion of a weary scholar with the spring mountains. Kameida Bōsai was a renowned late Edo period literati and Confucius scholar. Known for his dynamic "Flying Dance" calligraphic style, his calligraphy was strongly influenced by Huaisu (737-799).

龜田鵬齋　草書絕句兩首

水墨紙本　立軸

釋文：

月斜將雪後，併作客窗明。孤枕橫殘醉，蕭蕭度雁聲。

茅屋淨無塵，溪樹青疑雨。聞有倦書人，坐與春山語。

絕句二首。鵬齋。鈐印：「鵬齋」、「長興之記」、「麴部尚書」、「善身堂」

作者簡介：

龜田鵬齋，本名翼，後改名長興，別名文左衛門，是江戶時代後期著名文人、儒學家。師從三井親和，鵬齋書法風格獨樹一幟，筆勢如在空中飛翔迴旋，故被現代西方藏者譽為『飛翔之舞』(Flying Dance)。其書法受懷素影響深遠，曾有川柳云「鵬齋越州歸後，字勢多彎繞。」