【 Ogyu Sorai's Calligraphy 】 Part 1) Du Mu's Winter Inscribed on the Qi'an City Tower The mournful sound of a horn echoes from the river tower. The faint setting sun shimmers and falls upon the cold sandbank. No need to lean on the railing and painfully turn my head. My hometown is seventy-five long stations away. <Translation> A mournful horn sounds from the high tower on the Yangtze River. The faint evening sun shimmers on the sandbank. I will not lean on the railing and look back with longing. Because my hometown, Chang'an, is seventy-five stations away. Qi'an: Huangzhou (Huanggang City, Hubei Province) Part 2) Gao Shi's Song of Yingzhou The youths of Yingzhou love the plains, Wearing fox fur, they hunt below the city walls. The barbarian wine, a thousand cups, does not intoxicate them. Barbarian children, from the age of ten, are skilled at riding horses. <Translation> The youths of Yingzhou love the vast plains, They go hunting wearing fox fur. Their foreign wine, even after a thousand cups, does not make them drunk. Children of the foreign tribes are skilled at riding horses from the age of ten. [Du Mu] 803-853 A poet of the late Tang dynasty in China. His courtesy name was Muzhi. His pseudonym was Fanchuan. He rejected the delicate, technical trends of the late Tang and created plain and bold poems. He has many excellent works in seven-character quatrains. He was called "Xiao Du" in contrast to Du Fu's "Lao Du," and was also called "Li Du of the Late Tang" along with Li Shangyin of the same era. — From the Japanese Wikipedia "Du Mu" [Gao Shi] 702? - 765 A poet of the flourishing Tang dynasty in China. He was from Bohai (Shandong Province). His courtesy name was Dafu. He has many excellent poems that sing of the scenery of the border regions. Approximate Size: Paper 128 x 60 cm Total length 187 cm Total width 71 cm Artist: Ogyu Sorai Inscription: Butsumo Keikyo Signature: Nakahikoku Shosho Shi, Butsumo Keikyo's Seal Origin: Japan Period: Edo period (late 17th century - early 18th century) Condition: Creases. Damage to the mounting. No axis tip. Accessories: Our store's storage guarantee [Ogyu Sorai] 1666-1728 A Confucian scholar of the mid-Edo period. His real name was Somasu. His courtesy name was Mokei. His other name was Ken'en. He called himself Butsu Sorai in the Chinese style because he was from the Mononobe clan. After studying the Zhu Xi school of Confucianism, he advocated the study of ancient literature. His writings include "Bendo" and "Ken'en Zuihitsu." He was a scholar for the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who served Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, and is also famous for advising the judgment of seppuku for the Ako Roshi. N1122F