Black robe, white mist
Subtitle: art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu
By: [exhibition curators] Melanie Eastburn, Lucie Folan, Robyn Maxwell.
Contributors: Eastburn, Melanie.; Folan, Lucie.; Maxwell, Robyn J.; Rengetsu, 1791-1875.; National Gallery of Australia.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: National Gallery of Australia
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780642541390
Subjects: Rengetsu, -- 1791-1875 -- Exhibitions; Rengetsu, -- 1791-1875 -- Translations into English; Buddhist art -- Japan -- Exhibitions; Buddhist poetry, Japanese
Genres: Exhibitions; Translations into English
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition : Black robe, white mist : art of the Japanese Buddhist nun Rengetsu.  National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 September 2007--27 January 2008. Exhibition organized by: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra"--T.p. verso.

"Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Lotus Moon, was a Buddhist nun, poet, caligrapher, potter and painter ... Rengetsu lived in the late Edo (1603-1867) and early Meiji (1868-1912) periods"--P. 9.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148).

Main text in English. Rengetsu's poetry works are transliterated into the modern Japanese character set, and translated into English.