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Hello Everyone,

Sharing this japanese kakemono with Japanese Calligraphy. It seems like a poem based on the format.

May I get your assistance in determining the artist and the content of the text?

Thanks

Additional Photos of the same scroll

1. Title / text on the hanging bar
2. Paper label attached during purchase

年々歳々花相似　- Nen-nen sai-sai hana wa ainitari
歳々年々人不同 - Sai-sai nen-nen hito onajikarazaru
(Sino-Japanese reading)
Flowers bloom without changing from year to year
But the situation of people changes from year to year

This is a citation from *Liu Xiyi's poem "On behalf of a white headed man in old age"
* Early Tang Dynasty poet

The second part of the inscription　is a poem from the Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times)

I transcribed the historical kana orthography into modern usage

世中は夢か　　　　　　-　Yo no naka wa yume ka
うつつか　うつつとも - utsutsu ka, utsutsu tomo
ゆめともしらず - yume tomo shirazu
ありてなけれ - arite nakere-
ば - ba

Is this world really a dream or reality
Because this world exist and does not exist

Signature of calligrapher,
頬毛翁子龍書　-　Hōke-hō　Shiryu-sho (Witten by
Shiryu " Small Dragon" the Old Man with Sideburns) - Pseudonym
Upper seal,
萬拙齋　Mansetsu-sai (Clumsy Study) - Another pseudonym
Lower seal,
島子龍印　-　Seal of Shima Shiryu - Full name of calligrapher

I couldn't find calligrapher with this name.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thanks so much I.Nagy!

Inscription on the back of scroll,
子龍書　詩　わか
Calligraphy by Shiryu (or Shiryō）- Poem - Japanese Poem

Script with ball-pointed pen,
佳軸　-　Beautiful scroll

Inscription on tag,
茶軸 (書）　-　Tea (ceremony related) scroll　（Calligraphy)

With regards,
I.Nagy

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