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Subject:poems on moneytree prints
Posted By: francis minvielle Fri, May 01, 2026 IP: 82.226.118.25
What do the poems (?) say in these two prints by Hiroshige





Subject:Re: poems on moneytree prints
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, May 02, 2026
Pic.1,
Title,
婦久徳　金の成木
Fukutoku* Kane ni naru ki
Good Fortune Moneytree　

(* It is a playing on words. 婦久徳　has a meaning
"Women with long obtained virtues", however in everyday language, everyone associates it with the commonly used term 福徳 Fukutoku "Good Fortune")

眞に奢りをうつす鏡かな　ふく徳　
Makoto ni ogori wo utsusu kagami ka na Fukutoku
Truly, a mirror reflecting vanity　-　Good fortune

Hopefully, I'll be back soon with my reading of the other picture.

I.Nagy

Subject:Re: poems on moneytree prints
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, May 02, 2026
Pic. 2,
長客十便かな今夏風の外は急來物
Chōkaku jūben kana, konka fū no hoka wa kyūraimono

May customers stay long, and may there be ten-fold benefits, the summer breeze outside brings sudden visitors.

Regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: poems on moneytree prints
Posted By: I. Nagy Sat, May 02, 2026
In my previous answers, I forgot to mention the individual subtitles for the prints, which are hidden among the branches of the meneytree alongside the title cartouches of the series.

Print 1,
うつくし木　Utsukushiki　Beautiful

Print 2,
いそがし木　Isogashiki Busy

I.Nagy

Subject:Re: poems on moneytree prints
Posted By: francis minvielle Sat, May 02, 2026
Many thanks for your replies on the poems...

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