User:Jessica Dear/sandbox

(I want to add information about her art style and why ceramic work was so popular. Maybe add more pictures with her art and style and one definitely referenced by Tessai. Possibly more information on her life.)

"Though best known as a waka poet, Rengetsu was also accomplished at dance, sewing, some of the martial arts, and Japanese tea ceremony. She admired and studied under a number of great poets including Ozawa Roan and Ueda Akinari, and later in her life became a close friend and mentor to the artist Tomioka Tessai. A number of Tessai's works, though painted by him, feature calligraphy by Rengetsu.

Her ceramic work became so popular it was continued after her death as Rengetsu ware."

copied from [[Ōtagaki Rengetsu]](Bibliography of at least 3 sources)

 1.  McArthur, Meher. "The Light of the Lotus Moon: The Art and Wisdom of Otagaki Rengetsu." Buddhistdoor Global, Buddhistdoor Global, 19 Sept. 2014, https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/the-light-of-the-lotus-moon-the-art-and-wisdom-of-otagaki-rengetsu.

 2.  Nemmers, Laura K. and Jason Steuber. "Otagaki Rengetsu and Bai Ming." Ceramics: Art & Perception, no. 81, Sept. 2010, pp. 24-28.

 3.  "Otagaki Rengetsu - Lotus Moon." Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 6 Mar. 2015, https://morikami.org/otagaki-rengetsu-lotus-moon

 4.  The Rengetsu Circle, Robyn Buntin, 2017, rengetsucircle.com/

 5.  The Rengetsu Foundation Project. Otagaki Rengetsu (1791～1875), ©2005～2017 The Rengetsu Foundation Project, 2017, rengetsu.org/