Inscriptions

Series: Takimono awase; a selection of perfumes 薫物合　\r\nTitle: Yamabito; Mountain Sage 山人 [brand of perfume]\r\n*Senjokō=Literally "the fragrance of female immortal", a popular face powder used ca. 1800-40 manufactured by Sakamoto of Inari-Shinmachi, and the product Name was taken from the nickname of the popular kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojō V (1802 - 1832).\r\n\r\nPoet\r\nYorii [sojourner?] Gantō-sha Nagafusa (or Chōbō) 寄居　岩藤舎長房\r\n仙女香　妹にとらせん　老せ須て　若かへりたる　春のとし玉\r\nSenjokō*/ imo ni torasen/ oisezu te/ wakagaeri taru/ haru no toshidama \r\nLet her take the Senjokō, it will prevent aging, even revitalizing to youth, as the special spring gift.\r\n\r\nPoet\r\nChikuju-en Hanpo （or Shigeyasu） 竹寿園繁保\r\n仙女香　けはふ蓬か　嶋田髷　三ちとせの桃の　花のおもかげ\r\nSenjokō/ kebau yomogi ka/ Shimada mage/ michitose no momo no/ hana no omokage\r\nFragrance of the female immortal wafts over the hair arranged in Shimada looking like hairy mugwort plant recalling the peach of longevity.\r\n\r\nPoet\r\nKagen-rō 花源楼\r\nお不ろ夜の　月のかゝ三に　むかへとも　いつもはたちの　ふしの山姫\r\noboroyo no/ tsuki no kagami ni/ mukae domo/ itsumo hatachi no/ Fuji no Yamahime\r\nLooking into the moon mirror in hazy night, ever youthful is the Mountain Goddess of Mount Fuji .