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ArtistFull-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a powerful silk screen print of poem number 78, Minamoto no Kanemasa, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "Guards of Suma Gate, / From your sleep, how many nights have you awakened / At the creis of sanderlings / Flying from Awaji Island?" We see a flock of sanderlings (sandpipers) flapping over Suma Gate. A guard dressed in ō-yoroi armor (a large, box-shaped, heavy suit made from dark, burnished leather plates connected by cords) is standing, feet planted firmly on the ground far apart, looks up at the flock with an irritated mien. The sanderlings are dark against the night sky, and the guard is lit by the fire of oil lamps on either side of Suma Gate, making him look tall and menacing. The image focuses fully on the guard and his armor as well as the action above his head. Solid, striking design, silk screen print using thick, textured ink in bold, consistent colors with clear, sharp edges. Exquisite Japanese foilio.
Poem No. 78 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html).