Kalligrafie mit Malerei von Auberginen | Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 | 1791-1875 Gemüse playfully dissolves into a tendril

playfully dissolves into a tendril at the end

This pair of wooden panels was created by reconfiguring a pair of folding screens

die andere könnte poetisch einfach „Durchbruch zur wahren Erleuchtung“ bedeuten

diagonally traversing the picture to the upper left

The subject here is one of Kyoto's most magnificent winter scenes

Kalligrafie mit Malerei von Auberginen | Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 | 1791-1875 Gemüse playfully dissolves into a tendriltagaki Rengetsu is an outstanding personality in the women's culture of Kyoto in the 19th century. She was famous as a poet, calligrapher, painter and potter. Rengetsu developed her own style, which, especially in calligraphy, is reminiscent of the Heian era women's culture of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shnagon (11th century). In her calligraphy, she preferred the hiragana syllabary like her medieval court models. When she used Chinese characters