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ArtistFully wide 16:9 format of a painstakingly crafted, extremely detailed, multilayer, delicate lithograph and multilayered wet watercolor rendering in magnificent colors on rough handmade paper of poem number 64, Gonchūnagon Sadayori,of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "In the early dawn / When the mists on Uji River / Slowly lift and clear, / From the shallows to the deep, / The stakes of fishing nets appear.'" It is early morning in winter, and the whitish-gray mist lies over the still Uji River, gradually lifting to show a row of dark-gray wooden fishing stakes extending far out into the river. The horizon is the tender pink and yellow of a winter dawn, but the shadows are all shades of gray. Wet-on-wet watercolor, splash painting style, capturing a perfect still moment with aquarelle technique. Skilled and deft execution, peaceful nature motif. Superlative technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 64 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). "The combination of the Uji River and fishing stakes a very famous image in ancient Japanese poetry, and this coupled with the image of a cold winter’s dawn make this a powerful poem." (https://100poets.com/2013/05/13/a-foggy-winters-morn-poem-64/)