Inscriptions

Shoku Sanketsu sono ichi Ryuubi (Liu Bei, No. 1 from the Three Heroes of Shu seies.\r\n\r\nPoet: Goryuuen Kazuhito\r\n\r\nKuchi ari te*/ kotaen mono ka/ hana saki te/ Ryuushi no ten no/ youru momozono.\r\n\r\nDo they mouth a reply, \r\nthe flowers agape\r\nin the garden of peaches\r\nenchanting the sky \r\nabove Lord Liu?\r\n\r\n*The reading of the three syllables can be read in a few different ways. No way of determining which may be the original, but the gist of the meaning will not change. Here we read as, “If each peach blossom had a mouth, rather than “red mouth” (akashi). \r\n\r\n\r\nTranslated AH 3/12/2018. Updated 6/1/18. Updated SO 7-9-18.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n岳亭定岡描\r\n\r\n蜀三傑其一劉備　五柳園一人\r\n\r\nくちあり天*　こ太へん毛の可　花咲天　劉氏の天の　酔る桃園\r\n\r\n（口語約： 口ありて*　答えんものか　花咲て　劉氏の天の　酔る桃園）\r\n\r\n*The reading of the three syllables can be read in a few different ways. No way of determining which may be the original, but the gist of the meaning will not change. Here we read as, “If each peach blossom had a mouth, rather than “red mouth” (akashi). \r\n\r\n \r\n(SO 2-20-2018; updated 7-9-18)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n