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Subject Japanese poetry--20th century

1. Or 15538

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15538
Title:
Yama kurete yama no koe o kiku 山暮れて山の声を聞く
Scope & Content:
Haiku poem by Taneda Santōka 種田山頭火 (1882-1940) inspired a mountain scene at dusk. Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Kotake Sekiun 小竹石雲 (1949-).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1998
Extent:
1 sheet

2. Or 15539

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15539
Title:
Yamazakura ima kyōran no mai o mau uzuki nakaba no sansō no yoi やまざくら今狂乱の舞をまふ卯月なかばの山荘のよひ
Scope & Content:
Waka poem by Kujō Takeko 九條武子 (1887-1929) inspired by a wild cherry on an April evening. Kana calligraphy by by 小山素洞 (1916-2011).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1998
Extent:
1 sheet

3. Or 15545

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15545
Title:
Haru tsuki o nurasu dotō ya Muroto misaki 春月を濡らす怒濤や室戸岬
Scope & Content:
Haiku by Matsumoto Takashi 松本たかし (1906-1956) inspired by rough waves on a spring night at Cape Muroto. Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Nakagawa Utei 中川雨亭 (1914-2001).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1991
Extent:
1 sheet

4. Or 15546

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15546
Title:
Karamatsu 落葉松
Scope & Content:
‘Larch trees’. Poem by Kitahara Hakushū 北原白秋 (1885-1942). Text: からまつの林を過ぎて、 からまつをしみじみと見き、からまつはさびしかりけり、たびゆくはさびしかりけり. Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Nakano Hokumei 中野北冥 (1923-).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1998
Extent:
1 sheet

5. Or 15552

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15552
Title:
Ōtaki ya niji o tsuranuku iwatsubame 大瀧や虹をつらぬく岩つばめ
Scope & Content:
‘At the Great Waterfall the martin pierces the rainbow’. Haiku by Shunjūan Jun’ichi 春秋庵準一 (1881-1966). Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Suzuki Matsuko 鈴木まつ子 (1932-).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1998
Extent:
1 sheet

6. Or 15554

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15554
Title:
Mono mina no soko ni hitotsu no hō ari to hi ni ke ni fukaku omoi-iritsutsu 物みなの底に一つの法ありと日にけに深くおもひいりいつつ
Scope & Content:
Poem on the underlying law of nature by Nobel prize-winning physicist Yukawa Hideki 湯川秀樹 (1907-1981). Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Takeda Etsudō 竹田悦堂 (1918-2004). Dated 平成九年三月 [March 1997] (on lid).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Heisei 9 [1997]
Extent:
1 sheet

7. Or 15559

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15559
Title:
Kannon zō senju no yubi no kotogoto ni memashiniki kiyomi ga kagayaki 観音像千手の指のことごとに眼ましにき清みかがやき
Scope & Content:
Poem by Kitahara Hakushū 北原白秋 (1885-1942) inspired by a statue of the deity Kannon. Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy by Uchiyama Reiko 内山玲子 (1925-). Dated 平成十年一月 [January 1998] (on lid of box)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Heisei 10 [1998]
Extent:
1 sheet

8. Or 15847

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15847
Title:
O-tera お寺
Scope & Content:
Poem by Aizu Yaichi 会津八一 (1881-1956). Text: Hitori kite meguru midō no kabe no e hotoke no kuni ni mo arenikeru ka mo 一人きてめぐるみどうのかべのゑのほとけのくにもあれにけるかも. Kana calligraphy by Sugioka Kason 杉岡華邨 (1913-2012).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
1 sheet

9. Or 15851

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15851
Title:
Kenran mo sekiryō mo mata yume no yume Miroku no hohoemishi shizumi itamau 絢爛も寂寥もまたゆめのゆめ彌勒の微笑し鎮み居給ふ
Scope & Content:
Poem by Asano Hiroko 浅野弘子 composed at the Chūgūji Temple, Nara while contemplating an image of the bodhisattva Maitreya. Mixed kanji/kana calligraphy.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 2001
Extent:
1 sheet