五封私人信件 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	五封私人信件
品名（英）	Five personal letters
入馆年号	2021年，2021.398.1
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Ōtagaki Rengetsu 太田垣蓮月【1791 至 1875】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1834 - 公元 1899
创作地区
分类	书法（Calligraphy）
尺寸	图像: 7 3/16 英寸 × 14 ft. 7 9/16 英寸 (18.2 × 446 厘米) 图像 with colophon: 6 1/8 × 20 1/16 英寸 (15.5 × 51 厘米)
介绍（中）	佛教尼姑和诗人书法家大田垣莲月的五件私人信件，刻在她独特的细而精致的书法中，已被重新装裱为手卷。在 1919 年编纂这些信件时，她的门徒和终身朋友富冈·泰西（Tomioka Tessai，1836-1924 年）粗体、粗鲁的笔迹被添加了一个底页，当时泰西 84 岁（按照传统的日本推算）。虽然这些信件是莲月非正式写的散文，而不是我们习惯看到的短歌（31音节诗歌）的例子，但笔迹仍然显示出与这位著名修女书法家的笔触相关的开放，圆润，随心所欲的形式。假名（日语音节）和汉字（汉字）快速流动，大多无需抬起画笔，以创造整体和谐的效果。莲月的诗书法在西方受到热烈欢迎。部分吸引力在于她的人生故事，她如何克服悲剧 - 失去两个丈夫和一个孩子 - 并通过刷书法和扔锅来养活自己。她积极的人生观、深厚的灵性、女权主义的观和精致的情感在她的作品中体现出来。
介绍（英）	Five examples of personal correspondence by the Buddhist nun and poet-calligrapher Ōtagaki Rengetsu, inscribed in her distinctive thin, delicate calligraphy, have been remounted as a handscroll. A colophon in the bold, brusque handwriting of her protégé and lifelong friend Tomioka Tessai (1836–1924) was added at the time the letters were compiled in 1919, when Tessai was 84 years old (by traditional Japanese reckoning). Although these letters comprise informally written prose by Rengetsu, not the examples of tanka (31-syllable poetry) we are accustomed to seeing, still the handwriting displays the open, rounded, freewheeling forms that are associated with the brushwork of the this famous nun-calligrapher. Kana (Japanese syllables) and kanji (Chinese characters) flow rapidly, mostly without lifting the brush, to create an overall harmonious effect. Rengetsu’s poetry and calligraphy have enjoyed a great reception in the West. Part of the appeal is her life story, how she overcame tragedy—the loss of two husbands and a child—and supported herself by brushing calligraphy and throwing pots. Her positive outlook on life, deep spirituality, feminist outlook, and refined sensibilities come through in her writings.