# Aubergines

- By: Ōtagaki Rengetsu (Kyoto, 1791–1875)
- Date: 1850 - 1855
- Medium: paper, ink
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 119 cm x width 44.6 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (bequest F. Hess, 2023)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1832--b7fb45821bf6d1337460769d016f8141)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/2ea06a80cceb69454f948ad92cd1adbe.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Bhuddist monk-painter Rengetsu had a characteristic, cursive form of writing. With a clever play on words, her poem reflects on the fruits of life and extols ‘eggplants’ and the triumph of ‘achieving a goal.’ The two words share the same pronunciation nasu.