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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 91, Gokyōgoku Sesshō Saki no Daijōdaijinn of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "In my cold bed, / Drawing close my folded quilt, / I sleep alone, / While all through the frosty night / I hear a cricket's lonely sound." The linocut shows a close-up of a cricket at night on a wooden porch, with every detail highlighted and gleaming in the pale moonlight. Behind the cricket is a window through which we see the back of a young Japanese amn's head as he is lying on his side on a bed, his simple, padded quilt folded around him. The focus of the image is on the cricket. Linocut emulating traditional Japanese woodcut style, several layers, reduced color palette of rich colors, shades of blue, black, white and brown. Clarity of rendering, masterful print. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 91 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). Sad and miserable poet waiting alone in his cold bed, with only the cricket's song to keep him company.