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ArtistFull-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a delicate linocut with bokeh edges, rich colors, executed on rough handmade paper of poem number 47, Egyō Hōshi, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "To the lonely house / where the weeds, eight layers deep, / have grown rank, / not a soul can be seen - / but autumn, at least, has come." This image shows a simple, dilapidated Japanese hut made of stone in the midst of high, dry, spent weeds that have gone to seed. Some of the weedy vines have engulfed the hut and have climbed almost all the way to the roof. It is autumn, and the air is crisp, the sky is blue with puffy, white clouds. The lovely fall day hides the fact that the house is lonely, decrepit, and that winter is around the corner. The hut symbolizes a person in the fall of life. The image is executed as a detailed, highly symbolic woodcut, with a strong, rich, wet watercolor wash overlay. Extreme detail, clarity of rendering, timeless motif combined with a classical woodcut esthetic and masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 47 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (https://100poets.com/2012/10/03/lonely-autumn-poem-number-47/)