Yamagata City Designated Tangible Cultural Property: "Haru mo ya ya" Haiku Painting with Inscription, one hanging scroll. Painting by Morikawa Kyoriku, Calligraphy by Matsuo Basho. Genroku 6 (1693)
The poem is "Haru mo ya ya keshiki totonou tsuki to ume." This is a collaboration where Basho composed the poem and his disciple Morikawa Kyoriku painted the picture.
Kyoriku served as a samurai of the Hikone domain from age 21 to 55. He studied painting techniques with the Kano school and was active as a painter. He met Basho and became his disciple when he was 37 years old.
Haru mo ya ya (Advent of Spring),haiku poem and painting
Ink and light colors on paper Calligraphy by Matsuo Basho
Painting by Morikawa Kyoriku
Genroku(1693)
Haru mo ya ya
Keshiki totonou
Tsuki to ume
The advent of spring
revealed in the sight of
the moon and plum blossoms