Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past

遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな (osoki hi no tsumorite tooki mukashi kana)

The long slow days of spring
piling up, so far away
the past
osoki hi no
tsumorite tooki
mukashi kana
遅き日の
つもりて遠き
昔かな
Basho bashou 芭蕉
According to Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900 style= by Haruo Shirane and James Brandon, "'Long day' (osoki hi) is a late-spring day when the sun sets late and the day seems to last forever, reminding the poet both of the past, of youth, which seems so far away, and of the many springs and years that have come and gone since that time."
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Block
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Block Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Block
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Block Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Cursive
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Cursive Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Cursive
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Cursive Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Design
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Design Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Design
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Design Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Design
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Design Vertical
遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな — Semi-Cursive
Buson - The long slow days of spring, piling up, so far away the past Semi-Cursive Vertical