{"product_id":"guinomi-sake-cup-chidori-naku-ー太田垣-連月-盃","title":"Guinomi Sake Cup, Chidori Naku… ー太田垣 連月 “盃”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA diminutive bowl in pale glaze decorated with Chidori birds soaring over waves engraved with a poem by Otagaki Rengetsu wrapped in a silk pouch and enclosed in an ancient wooden box. The text reads:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChidori naku　\/　Plovers cry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKamogawazutsumi　\/　along the Kamo riverbank\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003etsuki fuke te　\/　the moon is high—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003esode ni oboyuru　\/　settling on my sleeves in the deep of night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eyowa no hatsushimo.　\/　the year's first frost.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cup is 7 cm (just less than 3 inches) diameter, 3 cm (just more than 1 inch) tall and in excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) was born into a samurai family, she was adopted into the Otagaki family soon after birth, and served as a lady in waiting in Kameoka Castle in her formative years, where she received an education worthy of a Lady of means. Reputed to be incredibly beautiful, she was married and bore three children; however, her husband and all children died before she was twenty. Remarried she bore another daughter, however that child too perished and her husband died while she was just 32. Inconsolable, she cut off her hair to join the nunnery at Chion-in Temple, where she renounced the world and received the name Rengetsu (Lotus Moon). However, this was not the end, but only the beginning of a career as artist and poet which would propel her to the top of the 19th century Japan literati art world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otagaki Rengetsu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50880086180087,"sku":"K1392","price":102600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-05-2016.20.40.jpg?v=1785386652","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/products\/guinomi-sake-cup-chidori-naku-%e3%83%bc%e5%a4%aa%e7%94%b0%e5%9e%a3-%e9%80%a3%e6%9c%88-%e7%9b%83","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}