Tsuki to Ume (Moon and Plum Blossoms), with haiku poem

first month of 1693

Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions: without mounting: 12 1/16 × 16 5/8 in. (30.7 × 42.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Judith Rabinovitch and Timothy Bradstock
Accession Number: 1986.22.1
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Paintings
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Object/Work type

hanging scrolls

flowers (plants) moon

Bashō (芭蕉)

Haiku reads, "harumoya ya/ keshiki totonou/ tsuki to ume".\r\n者流もやゝ　介し木とゝのふ　月と梅\r\nspring mist/ the sight is ready/ the moon and plum

signed Hasewo (者せ越, old writing for Bashō)

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