Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
                     Otagaki Rengetsu  ‘Fluttering merrily’ hanging scroll [kakemono] 1840s-50s calligraphy, painting image 28.1 x 30.2 cm; mount 123.5 x 33.0 cmPrivate collection, Zurich  Fluttering merrily andsleeping in the dew in a field of flowers, in whose dream is this butterfly? (trans. Kuniko Brown)
Rengetsu-yaki Tea Cup by Otagaki Rengetsu としごと二　若がへりつ々　いくちよか世二すみのえの　きしのひめ松The tiny pinesAlong the shoreof Sumi-no-eHave been appearingFor how many generations?     Rengetsu
Rengetsu-yaki Tea Cup by Otagaki Rengetsu As I draw water the moon reflects of the surface of the bucket;I am touched, so touchedby the sight of the moon in the mountain well.     Rengetsu
Tea Bowl with Painting by Otagaki Rengetsu Someaenu koyo no kage ni machitsuketekyo wa ureshiki hatsushigure kana Still Crimson,In the shade of the maple leaves I take cover;Somehow a happy eventTo feel the first rain of winter.     Rengetsu
Tea Bowl with Painting by Otagaki Rengetsu         
Rengetsu-yaki Tea Ceremony Water Container by Otagaki Rengetsu つまごとの　りちのしらべに　通ひきてこえおもしろき　軒の松風　蓮月tsumagoto no richi no shirabe ni tsuuikitekoe omoshiroki noki no matsukaze  RengetsuThrough the window of my hut:The sound of a koto Searching for the right melody Mingling with the soundOf the wind blowing in the pines.Rengetsu http://www.robynbuntin.com/ItemDetail.asp?ProductID=12494
Otagaki Rengetsu and Isso (potter’s seal)‘My thoughts’ tea bowl [chawan] c.1870 glazed stoneware, incised calligraphy 4.0 x 12.0 cmHamilton Art Gallery. Gift of Geoff Handbury. Photograph Ian Brilley My thoughtsI’ll make that frog theresing themunspoken colours appearon the gorge’s yamabuki flowers. (trans. Sayumi Takahashi) http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/misc/NGA_Exhibition_black_robe_white_mist/details/165306.htm
Summer Tea Bowl by Otagaki Rengetsu Tachiyoran kage mo natsu no no kusamura nitsuyu o motomete tobu kocho kana[The inscribed poem winds around the bowl]I pass by a summer fieldNo shade to be found;In the thick grassButterflies flitSearching for sweet dew.Rengetsu
Rengetsu-yaki Tea Ceremony Water Container by Otagaki Rengetsu
parkstepp: Koson, “Willow and the Moon,” from the book “Japanese Ghost Paintings: The Sanyutei Encho Collection at Zensho-an” (Perikansha Publishing, 1995), ISBN: 4-48315-0887-X courtesy of A Journey Around My Skull “Clad in black robesI should have no attractions toThe shapes and scents of this world:But how can I keep my vowsGazing at today’s crimson maple leaves?”— Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875) 
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