A lotus leaf-shaped water cooler (yuzamashi) by the Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) engraved with a waka-poem on spring mist by herself: Tatsu hi yori/nodoka ni norete/yo no naka ni/uki o hedatsuru/harukasumi kana. (Poem 11 in Rengetsu: Ama no karuma, translation see the book : Black Robe White Mist n. 65-66). In a box.

Origin: Japan

Period: early 19th Century

Sizes: 4.50 cm. H x 8.80 cm. W x 7.20 cm. D
1.77 in. H x 3.46 in. W x 2.83 in. D