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Greetings to all lovers of oriental art. This is supposed to be a painting by Ōkōchi Yakō (1893–1957). Can anyone tell me if there's a title or date in the long inscription? Thanks in advance for any suggestions, and best regards.
Andrea

No doubt, this is a work from Ōkōchi Yakō.
However, it does not have a date on it.

Inscriptions,
少無適俗韻　性本愛丘山
誤落塵網中　一去十三年
羈鳥戀舊林　池魚思故淵
開荒南野際　守拙歸園田
方宅十餘畝　草屋八九閒
楡柳蔭後簷　桃李羅堂前
曖曖遠人村　依依壚里煙
狗吠深巷中　雞鳴桑樹顚
戸庭無塵雜　虚室有餘閑
久在樊籠裏　復得返自然　陶潜詩
桃羅堂　夜江人寫

When young, I'd not enjoyed the common pleasures,
My nature's basic love was for the hills.
Mistakenly I fell into the worldly net,
And thus remained for thirteen years.
A bird once caged must yearn for its old forest,
A fish in a pond will long to return to the lake.
So now I want to head to southern lands,
Returning to my fields and orchards there.
About ten acres of land is all I have,
Just eight or nine rooms there in my thatched hut.
There's shade from elms and willows behind the eaves,
Before the hall are gathered peaches and plums.
Beyond the dark and distance lies a village,
The smoke above reluctant to depart.
A dog is barking somewhere down the lane,
And chickens sit atop the mulberry tree.
The mundane world has no place in my home,
Modest rooms are for the most part vacant.
At last I feel released from my confinement
Poem of Tao Qian*
At the Tōra-dō Hall, Painted by Yakō-jin

*　a.k.a.Tao Yuanming, poet from the Six Dynasties Period
Title of Poem: Returning to Live in the South
(Engl. translation, Chinese Digital Archive)



Upper seal,
河政宜印　Seal of Ko Masayoshi*
Lower seal,
夜江人　Yakō-jin
Corner seal,
方宅十餘畝草屋八九間
About ten acres of land is all I have,
Just eight or nine rooms there in my thatched hut
(One line from the above poem)

* Probably Masayoshi was his original given name.

With regards,
I.Nagy


　

Thank you so much, dear Nagy. Here is the painter's biographical information: Japanese painter Ōkōchi Yakō, whose real name was Masanori, passed away on November 27, 1957, at the age of 64. Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1893, he graduated from the Kyoto School of Painting and studied with Kikuchi Keigetsu. In 1921, his painting "Landscape" was selected for the Third Imperial Exhibition, and at the Sixth, he exhibited "Early Spring at Yase." At the Seventh Exhibition, his painting "Autumn at Ohara" received a special prize, and at the Eighth Exhibition, his painting "Spring in the Valley," submitted without examination, also received a special prize. He was later granted examination-exempt status and continued to exhibit until the Shin Bunten Exhibition. After World War II, he became a member of the committee of the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten). "Ōkōchi Yakō", Yearbook of Japanese Fine Arts, 1958 edition (p. 172)
Best regards,
Andrea

As for the pronunciation of his real name, the character 宜 also has a “nori” reading, which is not very common.
Regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you very much for the clarification, Mr. Nagy. Best regards,
Andrea

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