{"product_id":"vintage-japanese-reisho-calligraphy-scroll-maple-bridge-night-mooring","title":"Vintage Japanese Reisho Calligraphy Scroll Maple Bridge Night Mooring","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e月落烏啼霜滿天，江楓漁火對愁眠。姑蘇城外寒山寺，夜半鐘聲到客船。(\"Yuè luò wū tí shuāng mǎn tiān, jiāng fēng yú huǒ duì chóu mián. Gūsū chéng wài Hánshān sì, yèbàn zhōng shēng dào kèchuán.\") — \"The moon has set, crows are calling, and frost fills the night sky; the river's maples and fishing-boat fires keep uneasy company with a sleepless, sorrowful traveler. Beyond the walls of Gusu city stands Hanshan Temple — and at midnight, the sound of its bell reaches all the way to the visitor's boat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poet \u0026amp; Its Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposed by the Tang-dynasty poet Zhang Ji (張繼) after failing the imperial examinations, this quatrain has endured for over a millennium as one of the most treasured poems in the Chinese and Japanese literary canon — especially beloved in Japan, where the image of the midnight temple bell at Hanshan Temple has been reproduced in paintings, textbooks, and calligraphy for centuries. The poem captures a lone traveler's night of restless homesickness, until the distant temple bell breaks through the darkness and quiets the mind beneath the sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Script: Reisho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis rendering is brushed in Reisho (隷書, clerical script), one of the oldest and most formal scripts in East Asian calligraphy, distinguished by square, horizontally weighted characters and deliberate, upright strokes that recall ancient stone-stele inscriptions. Compared to the flowing cursive renderings of this same poem more commonly seen, this square, monumental treatment lends the text a grave, almost ceremonial authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eColophon \u0026amp; Artist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe smaller inscription identifies the source: 張繼楓橋夜泊 (\"Chōkei, Fūkyō Yahaku\") — \"Night Mooring at Maple Bridge, by Zhang Ji\" — followed by 嘉應...書 (\"Kaei... sho\"), recording the calligrapher's name or art-name, 嘉應 (Kaei), as the one who brushed the work. An opening seal marks the top right of the composition, with two further seals in the lower left authenticating the calligrapher's name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Presentation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrushed in sumi ink on gold-toned paper, mounted with warm brown patterned silk-brocade borders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chikoyaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67620398170191,"sku":"CKY-KAK-049","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6588\/1423\/files\/IMG_E1382_result.jpg?v=1791110104","url":"https:\/\/chikoyaki.com\/products\/vintage-japanese-reisho-calligraphy-scroll-maple-bridge-night-mooring","provider":"Chikoyaki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}