… is for Gessho

Cho Gessho (1772-1832)
“Viewing Waterfalls from Pavilion”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
33 x 55.2 cm. (12 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“Gessho”

Artist’s seal:
Yukisada

Colophon:
“Grass and thatch bar both sun and moon,
Sleeping and eating differ from Heaven and Earth;
Massed trees number more than a thousand,
Cascading springs diffuse in many paths.”

Signature, illegible, and two seals of the writer.