Untitled Calligraphy

Creator

Kagawa Kageki

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Creation Date

18th–19th century, Edo Period

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Medium

Ink on paper, with wooden rollers

Credit Line

Department purchase, 2023

Accession Number

2023.10

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Transcription and translation of waka poem:

夏日詠新樹露

和歌

長門介景樹

秋那ら奴

？のか恵

る亭濃く連るぬも露

のそめた流ここ？古

曽須連

Unlike autumn,

The dews that come and fro

invites the heart

to be dyed in them.

Creator Biography

Kagawa Kageki 香川 景樹 (Japanese, 1768–1843) is also known as Keien 桂園.