Vintage Japanese Haiga Scroll Morning Glory Asagao Poem Painting

The Poem
君を出て、花開く曉霞の面 ("Kimi wo dete, hana hiraku gyōka no omo") — "Sending you off as the flower opens, facing the rose-tinted mist of dawn." The verse captures a moment of parting set against the morning glory's brief, luminous bloom — the flower opening just as the sky begins to color with the soft haze of early light, binding a human farewell to nature's own fleeting beauty.

Seasonal Imagery (Kigo)
Asagao (朝顔, morning glory) is a classical kigo marking summer into early autumn in Japanese poetry. The flower opens at dawn while dew still clings to the leaves and closes again by midday heat — a brief, luminous life that has long made it a favored symbol of delicate beauty, transience, and the preciousness of a single fleeting moment, whether in nature or in parting from someone dear.

The Painting
Below the verse, twining morning glory vines are rendered in loose, calligraphic ink strokes (sumi-e), with two dark blossoms anchoring the composition — the same free, gestural brushwork uniting painting and poem into a single unified gesture, characteristic of true Haiga (俳画) work.

Artist
Signed 清谷山人 ("Seikoku Sanjin" or "Keikoku Sanjin," "Mountain Hermit of the Clear Valley"), with a square red seal beneath the signature confirming the artist's name.

Mood & Setting
With its light touch and seasonal intimacy, this scroll carries the quiet, contemplative atmosphere prized in chadō (tea ceremony) settings — an ideal choice for a tea room display during the summer months or the turn toward autumn.

Condition & Presentation
Ink on paper, mounted in sage-green woven borders