Tenshō Shūbun

[Chillyzi]

Hello!

I'm writing my master's thesis about influence of Zen on Japan Art and I desperately need translation of word from Tenshō Shūbun painting "Reading in a Bamboo Grove".

Here is a link to photo of this painting:

I would be very grateful for help.



Thank You
Jarek

 

[Toritoribe]

That's a Chinese poem in a Chinese poetry form 七言絶句[Shichigon-zekku] "a Chinese poem of four lines, each of seven Chinese characters".