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Artist16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 6, Otomo no Yakamochi, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "If I see that bridge That is spanned by flights of magpies Across the arc of heaven Made white with a deep-laid frost, Then the night is almost past." The image shows a tied arch bridge made of wood, bamboo and rope, spanning a deep valley. Craggy mountains populated by coniferous trees surrround the bridge. Above the bridge, a flock of magpies ascends to the frosty, deep blue sky. White hoarfrost has settled on the bridge and the abundant conifers. A rosy dawn fills the horizon, causing the hoarfrost to glint and shimmer. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 6 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/index.html).