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Lot 95*
A wood octagonal toro (portable lantern) Style of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1871
21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
EdinburghSold for £312.50 inc. premium
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A wood octagonal toro (portable lantern)
Style of Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1871
Each side inserted with a silk panel, painted with a continuous scene of lotus leaves and flowers, the text of a poem alluding to spring allegedly written by the artist, spread across five panels, the sixth panel with the signature Rengetsu hachijusai (Rengetsu at the age of 80).
25.5cm x 18.2cm, and with wood storage box (2).
Each side inserted with a silk panel, painted with a continuous scene of lotus leaves and flowers, the text of a poem alluding to spring allegedly written by the artist, spread across five panels, the sixth panel with the signature Rengetsu hachijusai (Rengetsu at the age of 80).
25.5cm x 18.2cm, and with wood storage box (2).
Footnotes
The poem reads:
Ikade waga /mune no hachisu mo / kaku bakari / hirake somenaba / ureshikaramashi Hachijusai
If somehow the lotus in my breast, too
would open like these budding [flowers]
how happy I would be. Age 80
















