Autumn Ivy after 1732 Ogata Kenzan Japanese Born into Kyoto’s cultured merchant class, Kenzan was best known for his ceramic wares but was also a highly regarded calligrapher. Kenzan’s individualistic, expressive inscription of a poem referring to future winds scattering crimson leaves of ivy, recalls a famous scene from the tenth-century Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), in which a courtier, exiled from the capital, encounters an itinerant monk on an ivy- strewn path on Mount Utsu. Kakaru shimo waga aki naranu matsukaze y chiru o urami no tsuta no momijiba Though not yetwinds through the pinesbl
Autumn Ivy after 1732 Ogata Kenzan Japanese Born into Kyoto’s cultured merchant class, Kenzan was best known for his ceramic wares but was also a highly regarded calligrapher. Kenzan’s individualistic, expressive inscription of a poem referring to future winds scattering crimson leaves of ivy, recalls a famous scene from the tenth-century Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), in which a courtier, exiled from the capital, encounters an itinerant monk on an ivy- strewn path on Mount Utsu. Kakaru shimo waga aki naranu matsukaze y chiru o urami no tsuta no momijiba Though not yetwinds through the pinesblow all aroundand I dread they’ll scatterthe crimson leaves of ivy.–Trans. John T. Carpenter. Autumn Ivy 45076
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