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Artist16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 20, Motoyoshi Shinnō, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "Miserable, now, it is all the same, Channel-markers of Naniwa - even if it costs my life, I will see you again!" The image shows a Japanese prince sitting on his haunches on the shore of Naniwa Inlet, looking at the miotsukushi, or water markers - wooden posts - placed in shallow areas as safe navigation guides. The Crown Prince is dressed in a sokutai, an enveloping formal robe of golden, heavily patterned silk. The still waters of the inlet twinkle in the sunlight. The nearly cloudless sky is a cerulean blue. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 20 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (https://100poets.com/2011/08/13/a-thousand-swift-swords-poem-number-20/). Prince Motoyoshi is in love with a handmaiden (concubine) of the Emperor and will persist in his love, even if it causes him to lose his reputation.