布袋(Hotei/Budai)- With signature 鉄斎学人 寫（Tessai gakujin sha) - Tomioaka Tessai (1836-1924), *The appraisal certificate issued by the Osaka Art Club Appraisal - Japani

Meaning of Words

Original text

一鉢千家の飯　孤身万里に遊ぶ　青目に人を睹（み）ること少なし　路を問ふ白雲の頭　鉄斎学人写す
（鉢ひとつあれば千軒もの家から食を乞うことができる。ただひとりで万里の道を行く。出会った人を喜び迎えることは少なくても、ただ雲の流れを追って気の向くままに歩む）

Romanized version of the original text

Ippatsu senka no han　koshin banri ni asobu　aome ni hito o miru koto sukunashi　michi o tou hakuun no atama　Tessai gakujin shasu
(Hachi hitotsu areba senken mono ie kara shoku o kou koto ga dekiru. Tada hitori de banri no michi o iku. Deatta hito o yorokobi mukaeru koto wa sukunakutemo, tada kumo no nagare o otte ki no muku mama ni ayumu)

Yaku: Translation

With a single begging bowl, one can seek food from a thousand homes. Alone, I travel a road that stretches ten thousand miles. Though I rarely greet those I meet with joy, I simply follow the flow of clouds, walking wherever my spirit leads.
*painted by Tessai.


布袋(Hotei/Budai)…
Unknown birth year - 917.
Legendary Buddhist monk who is said to have existed in
Mingzhou (present-day Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China)
from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties Period.
He is often depicted as a drum-bellied monk with a large bag on
his back.
In Japan, he is worshipped as one of the seven gods of good
fortune.

Material
Ink, Pale Japanese pigments on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 198.0 cm × width 43.3 cm (77.95 in × 17.05 in)＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 122.7 cm × width 30.5 cm (48.31 in × 12.01 in))

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, gap repair and repair of wrinkles on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, folds on the image.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, warp in the mounting.
*The appraisal certificate issued by the Osaka Art Club Appraisal Committee

Remarks
・Roller ends is Wooden.
Kobokukai-Konyo(公木会功如,(?-?)) appraised the piece and signed the box.

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

Other
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Biography
Tomioaka Tessai (1836-1924)

Born in 1836 in Kyoto, Tomioka Tessai was a prominent Japanese painter known for his versatility in painting landscapes, birds and flowers, and figures.
He excelled in poetry and calligraphy, residing in Kyoto throughout his life.
Tessai left behind over 20,000 artworks, developing a unique style in both ink and color paintings during his later years. He died at the age of 89 in 1924.