{"product_id":"vintage-japanese-sosho-calligraphy-scroll-zen-spring-plum-moon-poem","title":"Vintage Japanese Sosho Calligraphy Scroll Zen Spring Plum Moon Poem","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Verse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e庭梅含雪滿地春 \/ 池柳新月洗紗 (\"Tei bai gan setsu manchi shun \/ Chi ryū shingetsu sensa\") — \"The garden plum, holding snow, spreads spring across the earth; the pond's willows, beneath a new moon, seem to wash a veil of gossamer silk.\" The couplet moves between two classical seasonal images: plum blossoms opening even as snow still clings to their branches — the archetypal sign of spring's first stirring — and willow branches trailing over a pond beneath a thin crescent moon, its light likened to fine silk gauze being rinsed clean in the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZen Reading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond its seasonal imagery, the poem carries a quiet meditative undertone: the image of moonlight \"washing\" the silk-thin surface of the pond evokes the clearing away of worldly dust from the mind, restoring it to a state of stillness and purity — a favorite theme in Zen-influenced literati verse, where the changing of the seasons becomes a mirror for the clarity of an awakened mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Brushwork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExecuted in bold, unrestrained Sōsho (草書, cursive script), the calligraphy itself seems to move with the same energy as the poem's imagery — flowing, wind-touched strokes that echo the swaying willow and drifting moonlight described in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtist \u0026amp; Seals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned 晴山書 (\"Seizan sho\") — \"respectfully brushed by Seizan.\" Two red seals accompany the signature: an upper seal in white-on-red script confirming the art-name 晴山 (Seizan), and a lower square seal serving as the artist's studio or honorific mark, together authenticating the work as an original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Presentation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrushed in sumi ink on paper, mounted in warm gold-brocade silk borders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chikoyaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46419217252431,"sku":"CKY-KAK-01321","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6588\/1423\/files\/IMG_E4148_result.jpg?v=1786977225","url":"https:\/\/chikoyaki.com\/products\/vintage-japanese-sosho-calligraphy-scroll-zen-spring-plum-moon-poem","provider":"Chikoyaki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}