Ogura Hyakunin Isshu No. 88 - Kōkamonin no Bettō

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Full-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a delicate, wet watercolor with contrasting warm indoor colors created by a lamp on a nightstand and chilly outdoor colors created by a pale moon, executed on rough handmade paper of poem number 88, Kōkamonin no Bettō, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "After one brief night-- / Short as a piece of the reeds / Growing in Naniwa bay-- / Must I forever long for him / With my whole heart, till life ends?" A contemporary teenage girl sits on her unmade bed, her arms hugging her knees, earphones covering her ears, as she is listening intently to sad music about love. Her blond hair is tousled, and she is in her pyjamas. Her night light is turned on on her nightstand and illuminates her from the side, casting her shadow against the half-opened window. Outside the window, we see reeds growing in a marsh environment, dully lit from above by a pale moon high in the sky. The young girl should actually be studying for a test tomorrow, but is consumed by her sad passion for a young girl she met at a party the other night. Quick, masterful brushstrokes perfectly capture the wet, misty autumn evening mood. Exquisite Japanese folio.

More about Ogura Hyakunin Isshu No. 88 - Kōkamonin no Bettō

Poem No. 88 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). Falling in love took just a single night - now this teenage girl is filled with longing when she should be studying for a test...

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