Ōtagaki Rengetsu

1791–1875 · Japan

Ōtagaki Rengetsu (10 February 1791 – 10 December 1875) was a Buddhist nun who is widely regarded to have been one of the greatest Japanese poets of the 19th century. She was also a skilled potter and painter and expert calligrapher. Wikipedia

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Works

“Poem-painting “When the nightingale returns...”” — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Waka Poem: “Across the fields and hills…””, 1834 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Mountain Village in Autumn”, 1831 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Purification Rite”, 1831 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Deutzia Crenata”, 1831 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Hakuzosu the Fox-Spirit”, 1834 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Autumn Moon”, 1870 — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Lotus Roof Tile Rubbing with Waka” — Yale University Art Gallery
“A Block for Pounding Cloth (Kinuta) and Poem” — Harvard Art Museums
“Branch of red maple leaves with poem” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Bamboo and Poem” — Minneapolis Institute of Art