Schneekiefer | Mori Kansai 森寛斉 | 1814-1894 material:silk ) of an imperial poetry

) of an imperial poetry collection (Zoku Shūi Wakashū

) Shunkyō

Jahrhundert

presumably used in the context of the tea ceremony

新玉の年は一夜を隔てにて/今日より春と立つ霞哉Aratama no toshi wa hito yo o hedate nite / kyō yori haru to tatsu kasumi kana

Schneekiefer | Mori Kansai 森寛斉 | 1814-1894 material:silk ) of an imperial poetryMori Kansai is the last significant scion of the Mori family of painters, whose lineage dates back to the 18th century and, through adoptions, produced a dynasty of great artists. Kansai was perhaps the most intellectually accomplished of them all. Although he came from a samurai family, he was politically active in the fight for the emperor's rights ( the Sonn Ji movement), which brought him into conflict with the shogunate government. He was a