Zenga
牛 - OxSigned: Hachijûni (82) okina Taikô
Seals: -
Technique: sumi on paper 27.8 x 40
Date: 1853
Mounting: ocre silk and olive green silk 102 x 51
Condition: good
The waka reads:
貢引く 車まつまを 楽しみに
やすくね牛の 年ぞゆたけき。
Mitsugu hiku / kuruma matsuma o / tanoshimi ni
yasuku ne’ushi no / toshi zo yutakeki.
Something like:
Pulling the wagon for remittance in this hard time, he enjoyed doing it and fell easy on him,
the ox sleeping in this year of the ox which will be abundant.
The exact meaning is too Zen and will elude us but it is a wish for the new year that may be abundant.
Taikô was born in Kyoto. At the age of six he became a priest and in due time the 435th gen. abbot of the Daitokuji in Kyoto where he lived at the Obai-in. He was and was known as Zen master, a good waka poet and calligrapher. He akso was a famous teamaster 11th gen. (in relation to Urasenke, Gensai Soshitsu, Omotesenke and Gyuko Saisouza), who wanted to preserve the Eiraku kiln.
Reference:
Moog p. 464
Price: EUR 1,450 / USD 1,566
