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Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672)
Lot 646

Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672)

Moon viewing on the thirteenth day of the ninth month

Closed14 September 2011

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Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672)
Moon viewing on the thirteenth day of the ninth month
Signed Rokujo sanjin, sealed Rokuroku sando dekoboko kashi
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
11 x 19½in. (28 x 49.5cm.)

Specialist note

Ishikawa Joan wrote poetry in Chinese style (kanshi). He is also famous as scholar of Confucianism and as a practitioner of calligraphy, the Way of Tea and gardening.

The poem here is about moon-viewing (tsukimi) at a small house by a lake.