Nishigaki Sōkō 西墻 (or 西垣) 宗興

Sōkō Nishigaki was the superintendent priest of Gokuraku-ji, a semiautonomous subtemple of Daitoku-ji(Kyoto).

Nishigaki_tanzaku (76K)
Creator.Personal Name: 西墻 (or 西垣) 宗興
Creator.Personal Name: Nishigaki Sōkō.
Creator.Role: calligrapher
Title: 牡丹一日紅.
Description: tanzaku; ink on paper; cursive script kanji; signed by the artist as Sōkō 宗興; three artist's seal.
Type: Calligraphy--Japanese.
Culture: Japanese.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: painting.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 14.3 x 3 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Translation of text:
The tree peony is crimson all day long.

Detail: seals (upper right and colophon):
Nishigaki_tanzaku_upperseal (20K) Nishigaki_tanzaku_seals (261K)

Detail: signature:
Nishigaki_tanzaku_sig (40K)
Japanese Calligraphy