Tozai NewArt Inaugural Public Art Auction
LOT 156
SAIGO Nanshu (Takamori)
“CONTRADICTIONS OF THE SECULAR WORLD”, FIVE-CHARACTER REGULATED VERSE, FOUR-LINE CALLIGRAPHY
JPY 500,000 - 800,000
HKD 26,400 - 42,200
USD 3,400 - 5,400
| Technique | ink on paper |
| Signature | Upper left seal: “Seal of Takamori” (隆盛之印); Lower left red seal: “Art name Nanshū” (號南洲); Guard seal (in white script): “Bestowed by Heaven” (貴天生) |
| Frame | scrolled |
| Size | 130.2×58.6 cm |
| Year of the work | 明治3-4年頃 / 1870-1871 |
| Certificate | certificate of authenticity issued by the Expert Committee of the Saigō Nanshū Memorial Association |
| Literature | Naoji Yamada & Tadashi Watanabe, Saigō Takamori Kanshi-shū, Saigō Nanshū Memorial Foundation, 1995, No.75. The Complete Poetry Collection of Saigō Takamori, Vol. 5: The Last Noble Samurai, published on Amazon Japan, 2024, pp.228–230 Western edition: The Poetry Collection of the Last Noble Samurai Saigō Takamori, Vol. II, published on Amazon US, 2024, p.153, includes the same entry |
HIGHLIGHT
Text :
Where ordinary people turn away, heroes instead are drawn to go forward.
When faced with hardship, they never retreat.
When they see profit, they do not blindly pursue it.
When a mistake is made together, they take the blame upon themselves;
when success is achieved together, they credit others.
Like sharpening a whetstone, they diligently refine themselves day by day,
always studying, and committing themselves fully to right action from beginning to end.
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