Otani Kubutsu (1875-1943) "Haiku, a monkey on a dead tree" 20th century, Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku

Art work details

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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.9 kg and will be shipped in 80 size.

Material
Ink, Japanese pigments on silk

Size
Overall: vertical 209× width 40.5cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 121.8× width 27.9cm)

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, floats, gaps at the upper ends on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles on the image.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, warp, damage in mounting.

Remarks
Roller ends is lacquerware.
・Tomo-Bako.(Box inscription by the artist.)

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

Other
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*There may be a slight difference in color between the photo and the actual product.

Biography
Otani Kubutsu (1875-1943)

Otani Kubutsu is a Jodo Shinshu priest and haiku poet.
He is the 23rd abbot of Higashi Honganji temple of the Otani sect of Shinshu. Born in Kyoto.
His posthumous name was Kōen. His Buddhist name was Shaku Shonyo. His haiku is called "Kubutsu.
He studied various styles of calligraphy from childhood, and studied under Sanko Sugiyama.
Studied painting under Bairei Kouno and Seiho Takeuchi.
Studied haiku under Hekigoto Kawahigashi.
He passed away in 1943 at the age of 68.

A word from the store
Otani Kubutsu is the 23rd Dharma Lord of the Otani sect of Shinshu.
He was also a haiku poet and is said to have left some 20,000 haiku during his lifetime.
From an early age, he learned various schools of calligraphy, and studied painting under Bairei Kouno and Seiho Takeuchi.
He studied haiku under Hekigoto Kawahigashi, and was a man of many talents.
In this work, the thick trunk of a dead tree is written with a brush all at once, and the way of painting to make the most of space is like that of his master Takeuchi Seiho.
The surrounding surface is probably Kyoto-style mounting. It is made of fine silk and is very expensive today, making it difficult to order.
The meaning of the haiku is "On a drizzling autumn day, in a rustic mountain village, soybeans are dried on a hasa-kake (a low wooden drying pole used for naturally drying rice).
There is no hasa-kake, rain, or soybeans on the screen. However, the monkey on the tree is probably watching the scene.
Sometimes it is nice to appreciate the work while imagining falling rain and hasa-kake.