大田垣蓮月 Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) Nail Carving Waka Poem Sake Cup Guinomi Sakazuki Sencha Cup ひさごもて 汲もえつべき かげながら あはれはふかし 山の井の月 (Though it seems I could scoop this up with a gourd its beauty is deep - the moon in a mountain well.) VA286 Calligraphy with upper Right seal 'Nenge'

with upper Right seal 'Nenge' 拈華 and left seal 'Shoho Sanshu' 正法山主 'Mumon dojin' 無文道人

阿部禅梁 Abe Zenryo (1898-1984) Obaku school 56th chief priest

STAIN DAMAG in the back of the mounting

Specialized in landscape and flower-and-bird paintings

大田垣蓮月 Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) Nail Carving Waka Poem Sake Cup Guinomi Sakazuki Sencha Cup ひさごもて 汲もえつべき かげながら あはれはふかし 山の井の月 (Though it seems I could scoop this up with a gourd its beauty is deep - the moon in a mountain well.) VA286 Calligraphy with upper Right seal 'Nenge'Description Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 1875) Nail Carving Waka Poem Sake Cup Guinomi Sakazuki Sencha Cup (Though it seems I could scoop this up with a gourd its beauty is deep the moon in a mountain well.) VA286 Hisago mo te kumi mo e tsu beki kage nagara aware wa fukashi yamanoi no tsuki. Though it seems I could scoop this up with a gourd its beauty is deep the moon in a mountain well. Rengetsu Otagaki Rengetsu (1791 1875) A female poet from the end of