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The second one is hakuba roka ni iru. 白馬入蘆花. Its a zen phrase. Perhaps the others are similarly zen-related.
"A white horse enters a tail flower field (hakuba roka ni iru). From a distance the two are indistinguishable, yet the white horse remains the white horse, the tail flower, tail flower--an illustration of the Zen paradox of not one, not two.
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(midway down the page in the section on "susuki")
All of these seem to be zen phrases - I have found some of them on a site called "Zen Words from the Tea Ceremony". Others are too stylized for me to pick out. Alas, there is no handy English reference to describe the meanings of these rather cryptic phrases. I might give it a go later on today. In the meantime...
5. 一剣天倚寒
Ikkenten ni yotte samushi
6. 春来草自生
Haru kitarite kusa onozukara shouzu
7. 緑水青山
ryokusui seisan
(from the site 茶席の禅語選
Yes! You got it. But a very unique stylization of this poem. The long version is here Liu Zongyuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Seems the Japanese zen version in your series is truncated to 雪江獨釣.I only found one saying about a lone fisherman. Could the scroll be a portion of this saying?
It's 静観[seikan].
Thanks again!#4 would be 寒江獨釣 "Fishing alone in the cold river", not 雪江獨釣.
A stab at the meanings (although I can't figure out 4...)
#4. This one eludes me. It's a poem specific to a person (柳宗元) and location (永州), and refers to the loneliness of his banishment there, but I can't grasp the deeper zen meaning.
漢詩について。江雪 柳宗元の漢詩なんですが。山という山はすべて、鳥の飛... - Yahoo!知恵袋
柳宗元『江雪』 書き下し文と現代語訳(口語訳)/解説 / 漢文 by 走るメロス |マナペディア|
#5. I like this explanation
質問させて下さい☆「両頭截断すれば一剣天によって寒し」の詳し... - Yahoo!知恵袋
Coming to a fork in a road in which either path may lead to life/death or good/evil, and you do not know which road will lead where, the right choice is to choose neither (cut off both choices), and follow your heart/soul/conscience. Very zen. I like it.
#6. http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/s.kubota/zengo/sub5.htm
This one doesn't do much for me. Just as the Spring brings grass, and Autumn brings colored, falling leaves, the teachings of the buddha come to us in the course of our lives. We need not search far or long for them, or search for hidden meanings.
#7. 五文字 (17) : 書作品と漢語集
茶道|茶席の禅語
A bit elusive, this one. Something about how the clear water reflecting the trees is one with the mountains, just as the natural heart/soul of a person is one with buddhism.