Artist
Noro Kaiseki
(野呂介石; 1747–1828)
Catalogue information
Edo period, 1822
Handscroll; ink and light color on paper
26.8 x 264.8 cm (10 1/2 in. x 8 ft. 8 1/4 in.)
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 344 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
[at end of scroll] In the summer, the fifth month of 1822, it rains continuously. So much so that it causes contagious diseases. In the deep shade of the verdant trees, I play with my brush to humor, a little, my longing for the wilderness.
Signature
[at end of scroll] An old man at seventy-six, Kaiseki Ryū
Seals
[at beginning of scroll] Shihekisai
; [at end of scroll] Ryūnen; Daigo
Supplementary Transcriptions
Frontispiece
水木清華
庚寅冬日書于渨上古竹園，八十二老衲岳。
Seals
五岳書畫（白文方印） (intaglio, square)
樂琴書以消憂（白文長方印） (intaglio, rectangle)
目無全牛（長方白文印） (intaglio, rectangle)
Text
壬午夏五積雨不霽，叢於痧。綠樹深陰，弄筆以聊慰野逸之情云。
Signature
七十六歲老人介石隆
Seals
四碧齋（長方朱文印） (relief, rectangle)
隆年（白文方印） (intaglio, square)
第五（白文方印） (intaglio, square)