Mochizuki Gyokukei (1874–1938), Japanese Pampas Grass and Water-Moon Painting, Japanese hanging scroll

Art work details

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Depicting “the moon (reflected on the water)” without painting the moon itself.
Depicting “susuki swaying (in the wind)” without depicting the wind.
This might be what it means to be “quintessentially Japanese.”
*Note: Details about the waka poet Sumon Nobuyuki are unknown.*
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Meaning of Words

Original text
川そひの尾はなかそてはまねけとも
なかるゝ月はとまらさりけり　　　　　信行
（川添ひの尾花が袖は招けども　流るゝ月は止まらざりけり）

Romanized version of the original text
kawazoi no obana ga sode wa manekedomo / nagaruru tsuki wa tomarazarikeri — Nobuyuki

Yaku: Translation

By the riverside, the plumes of pampas grass sway as if beckoning,
yet the moon, flowing in the water, never stops.
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Setting weight
This piece weighs 1.25 kg and will be shipped in 100 size.

Material
Ink, Pale Japanese pigments on silk

Size
Overall: vertical 207.5㎝ × width 53.4㎝（81.69 in × 21.02 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 116.2㎝ × width 40.5㎝（45.75 in × 15.94 in）)

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

Remarks
・Roller ends are Bone.
・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.

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Biography

Mochizuki Gyokukei (1874–1938)

Born in 1874 in Kyoto. His real name was Shigenobu (also known as Juuzou). Also went by the pseudonym Gyokusen. Studied painting under his father, Mochizuki Gyokusen. He was a member of the Japan Art Association and the Nihon Gakai. He became a lifetime member of the Kyoto Art Association. He died in 1938 at the age of 64.