iamjapanese: Ōtagaki Rengetsu(大田垣 連月 Japanese, 1791–1875)  （Ōtagaki is the family name. Rengetsu means “Lotus Moon”） ‘Fluttering merrily’ hanging scroll [kakemono] 1840s-50s calligraphy, painting   Fluttering merrily and sleeping in the dew in a field of flowers, in whose dream is this butterfly? (trans. Kuniko Brown) “うかれきて花野の露にねむる也 こはたか夢の こてふなるらん　連月”

iamjapanese:

Ōtagaki Rengetsu(大田垣 連月 Japanese, 1791–1875) 

（Ōtagaki is the family name. Rengetsu means “Lotus Moon”）

‘Fluttering merrily’ hanging scroll [kakemono] 1840s-50s

calligraphy, painting  

Fluttering merrily and
sleeping in the dew
in a field of flowers,
in whose dream
is this butterfly?

(trans. Kuniko Brown)

“うかれきて花野の露にねむる也 こはたか夢の こてふなるらん　連月”

(via the-broom-cupboard)

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