Ogura Hyakunin Isshu No. 54 - Gidō Sanshi no Haha

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Full-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a delicate linocut with bokeh edges, rich colors, executed on rough handmade paper of poem number 54, Gidō Sanshi no Haha, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "If remembering me / Will for him in future years / Be too difficult, / It would be well this very day / That I should end my life." The image shows a Japanese wedding couple during the Heian period. The Japanese bride and the Japanese groom are standing next to each other, facing the viewer. They are dressed in splendid robes made of silk with a floral pattern worven with shimmering colors. The woman is stone-faced and emotionless. The man is fully transparent, as if he were a ghost or only a figment of the woman's imagination. The couple is standing in a simple hallway into which the starlight shines. The colors are dark around the edges of the hallway, only the couple is well-lit, with the man being but a transparent projection. The image is rendered as an exceedingly detailed, highly symbolic, large, zentangle-like linocut with enormous detail. Clarity of rendering, timeless, symbolical motif. Masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.

More about Ogura Hyakunin Isshu No. 54 - Gidō Sanshi no Haha

Poem No. 54 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). The groom was supposed to be transparent, symbolizing the plight of brides during the Heian Period: "Noblemen at the time often married multiple wives, and such women were often living apart from their husbands ...this can lead to many years of isolation and loneliness if the husband neglects her." (https://100poets.com/2012/02/11/the-joys-of-marriage-poem-number-54/). So a transparent groom would perfectly symbolize the chance that the husband would neglect his wife.

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