Little Pot with a Poem by Rengetsu 1870s-80s | ||
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Posted 8 years ago
ho2cultcha
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I bought this from a Japanese woman from Berkeley today. She told me that it was made in the 1870s/80s by a Buddhist nun named Rengetsu. Rengetsu had lost all of her children and husband and lived alone and made pottery which she sold and gave away. There is a poem written on this pot which is about the joy of having a visitor and looking at the moon w/ the visitor.
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wow! i just found this cool info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ctagaki_Rengetsu
Compare your cabbage pot to the one in the museum. From what I can see, it looks the same.
http://www.vajragallery.com/ceramics/c0023.html
Excellent acquisition - good work!
thank you Efes and artfoot! i'm very pleased w/ this purchase. that is the same one Efes!
Awesome, Ho2.
thanks racer!
What a wonderful find and purchase! [;>)
thank you Nevada! it's my new favorite 'thing'!
the poem reads:
Gentlefolk of Miyako,
please come see the moon
in my mountain village ...
I'll boil and serve you
some potatoes from my garden.