Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888) ,calligraphy, Meiji period (1868-1912), Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

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Setting weight
This piece weighs 1.5 kg and will be shipped in 120 size.

Meaning of Words
Original text
鼎煮松風留客酔
門開蘿月向人圓
　鉄舟居士書
（鼎に松風を煮て客を留めて酔はしめ　門は蘿(ら)月(げつ)に開いて人に向かって円し）

Romanized version of the original text:
kanae ni shofu o nite kyaku o todomete yowashime
mon wa ragetsu ni hiraite hito ni mukatte maru shi
Tesshu Koji sho

Yaku: Translation:
As tea is boiled in the kettle and the guest is kept back until they become drunk, the light of the full moon can be seen filtering through the ivy and kudzu beyond the open gate.

Written by Tesshu Koji
(Tesshu Koji was a title or pen name used by Yamaoka Tesshu, a famous samurai, calligrapher, and Zen practitioner.)

松風:Shōfu (pine wind) refers to the sound of boiling tea, likened to the rustling breeze through pine trees.
蘿月:Ragetsu (ivy moon) refers to the moonlight filtering through the ivy. 
蘿:Tsutakazura(Ivy) is often used in classical poetry as a symbol of secluded life in the mountains.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 212.0㎝ × width 78.0㎝（83.46 in × 30.71 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 135.0㎝ × width 61.7㎝（53.15 in × 24.29 in）)

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are some burns, stains, wrinkles on the image.
・There are burns, wrinkles, warp in the mounting.

Remarks
・Roller ends is Wooden.
・There is no signature on the box.
Big scroll

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

Other
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Biography
Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888)

Swordsman and bureaucrat of the late Edo and Meiji periods.
Born in Edo in Tempo 7.
His real family name was Ono. His first name was Takayuki.His nickname was Koya, Mouko.
His alias is Tetsutaro. The pseudonym is Ichirakusai.
He learned swordsmanship from Chiba Shusaku and taught at the Bakufu Kobusho.
During the Boshin War, he met Saigo Takamori as an emissary of Katsu Kaishu, and paved the way for the "Katsu-Saigo talks" that led to the opening of the Edo Castle.
After the Meiji Restoration, he served as the Grand Counsellor of the Shizuoka Domain, the Counsellor of Ibaraki Prefecture, and the attendant to the Emperor Meiji.
In 1880, he established Itto Shoden Muto-ryu.
Together with Kaishu Katsu and Deishu Takahashi, he was known as one of the "Three Ships of the Last Days of the Tokugawa Shogunate(Bakumatsu-sanshu)".
He died in 1888 at the age of 53.