In The Evening Shower A Crane Tortoise Pine Bamboo Attitude - Haiku
by Peter V Quenter
Title
In The Evening Shower A Crane Tortoise Pine Bamboo Attitude - Haiku
Artist
Peter V Quenter
Medium
Photograph - Mixed Media
Description
- ' in the evening shower a crane-tortoise pine - bamboo attitude '
- yuu dachi ni tsuru kame matsu take no soburi kana -
( crane, tortoise, pine, bamboo are Good Luck, Happiness, and Strength- and Vitality- symbols for the New Year); Haiku by Issa Kobayashi, famous Japanese poet, 1761 - 1826 -
pigment inks on washi Japanese paper and sumi ink brush calligraphy -
- for these works I like to use the traditional henteigana script style which was used for literary works and poetry, although it is, since the turn of the last century, not in common daily use anymore -
- Image by peter vernon quenter www.crimsonbamboo.zenfolio.com/
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June 25th, 2022
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Peter V Quenter
' in the evening shower - a crane-tortoise - pine - bamboo attitude ' - yuu dachi ni tsuru kame matsu take no soburi kana - ( crane, tortoise, pine, bamboo are Good Luck, Happiness, and Strength- and Vitality- symbols for the New Year); Haiku by Issa Kobayashi, famous Japanese poet, 1761 - 1826 - pigment inks on washi Japanese paper and sumi ink brush calligraphy - - for these works I like to use the traditional henteigana script style which was used for literary works and poetry, although it is, since the turn of the last century, not in common daily use anymore -