Two Ky?ka (Playful Thirty-One- Syllable Verse) 1819 Shokusanjin (?ta Nanpo) Two Japanese poems, one in oversized characters, the other more compactly rendered, are inscribed with dynamic flourish by Shokusanjin (?ta Nanpo), one of the great literary arbiters of late Edo-period salon culture. The first poem celebrates the “New Plum Residence” in Edo (present-day Tokyo), which still survives, and includes the “Garden of One Hundred Flowers of Mukojima” (Mukojima Hakka-en), originally built by Sawara Kikuu (1762–1831), a wealthy literatus and antiquarian. The second poem is about the three spirit
Two Ky?ka (Playful Thirty-One- Syllable Verse) 1819 Shokusanjin (?ta Nanpo) Two Japanese poems, one in oversized characters, the other more compactly rendered, are inscribed with dynamic flourish by Shokusanjin (?ta Nanpo), one of the great literary arbiters of late Edo-period salon culture. The first poem celebrates the “New Plum Residence” in Edo (present-day Tokyo), which still survives, and includes the “Garden of One Hundred Flowers of Mukojima” (Mukojima Hakka-en), originally built by Sawara Kikuu (1762–1831), a wealthy literatus and antiquarian. The second poem is about the three spirits of poetry, Sumiyoshi-gami, Tamatsushima-gami, and versed in both classical Chinese and Japanese literature, Shokusanjin was on close terms with artists of various schools. Inscriptions in his idiosyncratic calligraphic style appear on many paintings of this Two Ky?ka (Playful Thirty-One- Syllable Verse). Shokusanjin (?ta Nanpo) (Japanese, 1749–1823). Japan. 1819. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Edo period (1615–1868). Calligraphy
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