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Poem 1: Minezumi aratame Yūfūsha Umezuna:\r\n\r\nIt must be the reward\r\nfor good karma, \r\nthis carp-eared celadon--\r\na family treasure,\r\nand a tea lover's dream.\r\n\r\nPoem 2: Eirakutei Tomozuru:\r\n\r\nUnlidded, the clamshell \r\nsends forth the sun \r\nand an incense without flame, \r\nas a crane's feather duster dances, \r\nswept up in the spring.\r\n\r\n\r\nPoem 3:Garyōen:\r\n\r\n"Will I rise and become a dragon\r\nresiding in the clouds, \r\nor dwelling in the temple?" \r\nasks the auricle carp, \r\nclimbing the cascade.\r\n\r\nAH 2/9/2018; the poems 1 & 2 revised 7-22-18\r\n\r\n茶器五色尚製 Five Colors of Tea Utencils by Shou (Shunman)\r\n\r\n青 Blue\r\n\r\nせい磁杓多て Seiji shaku tate (Celadon Standing Ladle Holder)\r\n\r\nPoem 1: 峯住改雄風舎梅綱　Minezumi aratame Yūfūsha Umezuna \r\n\r\n茶を古のむ　人の果報や　是奈らん　かさる青磁の　鯉の耳多ぶ\r\n\r\ncha wo konomu/ hito no kahō ya/ kore naran/ kazaru seiji no/ koi no mimi tabu\r\n\r\n\r\nPoem 2: 永楽亭友鶴 Eirakutei Tomozuru\r\n\r\n蛤の　ふ多三*か多奈る　空多きに　立舞ふはるの　鶴の羽箒\r\n\r\nhamaguri no/ futa mi* gata naru/ karadaki ni/ tachi mau haru no/ tsuru no habōki\r\n\r\n*Futa means lids of containers, and there is a pun here. Futami ga ura is a famous bay near Ise, Mie prefecture famous for watching the sun rise\r\n. \r\n\r\nPoem 3: 臥竜園 Garyōen\r\n\r\n瀧つせ＊を　のほる鯉耳　出世し天　飛龍とやい者ん　天龍寺とやい者ん\r\n\r\ntakitsuse wo/ noboru koi mimi/ shusse shite/ hiryū to ya iwan/ tenryūji to ya iwan\r\n\r\n\r\n＊瀧つ瀬＝急流、たきつせ　早しにかかる枕詞\r\n\r\n\r\n