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Subject:Japanese scroll Meiji Empress
Posted By: Gigi Fri, Jul 03, 2020 IP: 2601:2c4:680:ee4e:19
Hi all I have had this piece for a long time. WHen I bought it the person I bought it from said it was written by the Japanese empress. Is it a poem by her? Thank you










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Subject:Re: Japanese scroll Meiji Empress
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Jul 04, 2020
Reading and transliteration of inscription with my rough translation,
木々はみな　ましろに雪のふりつみて
はつ日のどかに　さしいでにけり
朝晴　雪
良子女王

Kigi mina mashiro ni yuki no furitsumite
hatsuhi nodoka ni sashiide ni keri
Asabare Yuki
Nagako-joō

Trees are covered thickly with white snow
The rising sun gently shines on them
Sunny morning
Empress Nagako

Inscription on the back,
良子女王　御歌　-　Nagako-joō　go-uta -　Poem by Empress Nagako

This poem by Empress Nagako is often copied and appears on auction sites.
She was the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito)

With regards,
I.Nagy




Subject:Re: Japanese scroll Meiji Empress
Posted By: Gigi Thu, Jul 09, 2020
Thank you!

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