Wednesday, November 10, 2010

TWO AUTUMN POEMS

Chinese lettering. Ike, Gyokuran, 1728-1784, Calligrapher




The autumn leaves 
On Mount Tatsuta
looking like brocade
intensify their colors
in the autumn shower 


Perhaps because even the underleaves are colored
the autumn foliage on Mount Tatsuta
is increasingly brilliant
looking like brocade.


 Gyokuran Ike, Japan, undated, Middle Edo Period

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