Ohta Nanpo(Shokusanjin) (1749-1823) "poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters" Middle to late Edo period, Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

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This piece will be shipped at 0.8 kg including packaging.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 187 × width 38.9 cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 130 × width 29cm)

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

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Roller ends is lacquerware.
・There is no signature on the box.

Materials for mounting
・All of them are made of silk.

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Biography
Ohta Nanpo(Shokusanjin) (1749-1823)

Kyoka poet and caricaturist of the mid to late Edo period.
He was born in Kan'en 2.
His name is Fukashi. His nickname was Shi-shi,Naojiro.
The pseudonym is Shokusan-jin,Yomono-Akara,Ymanote-Bakahito,Kyoka-en,Neboke-sensei,etc.
He was a member of the shogunate.
At the age of 18, he learned Chinese poetry from Matsuzaki Kan'kai and others.
In 1766, he published a collection of writings by Neboke-sensei, and later became a leading figure in the Kyoka society.
He wrote many pun books(Share-bon) and yellow covers(Kibyoshi), and became the center of the kyoka world with his "Manzai Kyoka Shu".
After the Kansei Reforms, he devoted himself to the work of the shogunate and was active as an accountant.
He died in the 6th year of Bunsei at the age of 75.

Main Meaning
At midnight, with the gates of Edo Castle tightly closed, the only sound in the　darkness was the high-pitched beat of the time drum. It must have been beaten 333 times. The sound of the drums continued, one after another.
（*Ittsu is three hundred and thirty times.)
Written by Nanpo on New Year's Day, 1811 (Bunka 8).