A lotus leaf-shaped water cooler (yuzamashi) by the Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu

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A lotus leaf-shaped water cooler (yuzamashi) by the Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875) engraved with a waka-poem on spring mist by herself: Tatsu hi yori/nodoka ni norete/yo no naka ni/uki o hedatsuru/harukasumi kana. (Poem 11 in Rengetsu: Ama no karuma, translation see the book : Black Robe White Mist n. 65-66). In a box.