Chinese Poem on Fishing and Zen Osen Keisan ???? Japanese late 15th century Brushed in flamboyant, yet fully controlled brushwork on gorgeous orange-red dyed paper, the eminent Zen monk-literatus ?sen Keisan has inscribed a quatrain of a Chinese poem as his wont in a combination of standard, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts. It can be deciphered and tentatively translated as follows:????????????????????????????????My hut resembles a shallow-water skiffamid the reeds and flowers, ? Where I pass my time fishing idly, just enjoying nature. From the river of Zen, into the ocean of Buddhist Law,I
Chinese Poem on Fishing and Zen Osen Keisan ???? Japanese late 15th century Brushed in flamboyant, yet fully controlled brushwork on gorgeous orange-red dyed paper, the eminent Zen monk-literatus ?sen Keisan has inscribed a quatrain of a Chinese poem as his wont in a combination of standard, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts. It can be deciphered and tentatively translated as follows:????????????????????????????????My hut resembles a shallow-water skiffamid the reeds and flowers, ? Where I pass my time fishing idly, just enjoying nature. From the river of Zen, into the ocean of Buddhist Law,I try to reel in a whale, Using fine spring rain as a fishing line with the hook of the crescent Keisan was a monk of the Rinzai Zen sect, and a prominent figure in the Gozan Bungaku literary salon culture of the five high-ranking Zen temples of Kyoto of the day. He was an aide and close confidant of the eighth Ashikaga shogun, Yoshimasa (1436–1490), and advised him on both foreign affairs and literature. View more. Chinese Poem on Fishing and Zen. Osen Keisan ???? (Japanese, 1429–1493). Japan. late 15th century. Hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated in gold. Muromachi period (1392–1573). Calligraphy
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