Kalligrafie mit Malerei von Auberginen | Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 | 1791-1875 Gemüse These are all elements that

These are all elements that Itchō invented himself

The four characters mean “pine”松

playfully dissolves into a tendril at the end

but a central leaf at the bottom takes on the unreal beige of the reed leaves

whether it is the flocks of wild geese that lead into the vast depths

Kalligrafie mit Malerei von Auberginen | Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月 | 1791-1875 Gemüse These are all elements thattagaki 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