East Asian Art Seven Haiku Poets Made in Japan, AsiaEdo Period (1615-1868), c. 1785 Matsumura Goshun, Japanese, 1752 - 1811 Ink on paper; mounted as a handscroll Currently not on view 1997-168-1 Purchased with funds contributed by Andrea M. Baldeck, M.D. and William M. Hollis, Jr., 1997 |
LabelIn this scroll, painter Matsumura Goshun pairs each of seven haiku poems (unrhymed verse of three lines containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively) with an imaginary portrait of the poet who composed it. The poems are written in a lively combination of cursive Chinese characters and hiragana (Japanese phonetic script).List of poets (all Japanese) and translations of poems, from right to left: Arakida Moritake, 1473-1549 Takarai Kikaku, 1661-1707 Matsu Basho, 1644-1694 Hantoki Tan Taigi, 1709-1771 Yahan (pen name for Yosa Buson), 1716-1783 Fukatake (Buddhist priest) |
