Guinomi (Big Gulp) Sake Cup Artist: Ōtagaki Rengetsu (Japanese, 1791–1875)

ca. 1851

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Glazed stoneware

Dimensions

1 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (4 × 7 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with an anonymous gift

Accession Number

2007.66.2.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Unknown Kyoto family, Japan; Bachmann - Eckstein Art and Antiques, Basel, Switzerland; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. purchase in 2007.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware

Subject

Women artists

Inscriptions

Cup 2.1:\r\n"Furugawara/ ochi te koke musu/ kusamura ni/ kokoro nagaku mo/ sumeru tsuki kana." (Ancient roof tiles lie fallen/ In a clump of grass/ where overgrown with moss,/ ever patiently, serenely/ shines the moon.)\r\n古可者ら　落てこけむ春　草むら尓　心長くも　春める月可那\r\n古瓦　落ちて苔むす　草むらに　心長くも　澄める月かな\r\n\r\nCup 2.2:\r\n"Umega ka ni/ makura mo torade/ fukuru yo no/ sora ni nakiyuku/ haru no karigane." (Such fragrance of prunus/ awaken without grabbing the pillow/ deep in the night/ crying by in the sky/ geese on their wings in the spring.)\r\n梅可ゝ二　枕もとらて　更るよの　空二鳴行　春の雁（？）可年\r\n梅が香に　枕も採らで　更くる夜の　空に鳴き行く　春の雁が音

Signed

"Rengetsu" incised at the end of the poem on each cup.

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