Prompt:
Masterpiece, a full-screen, multi-block linocut print in the style of an exquisite contemporary Japanese folio, illustrating the poem of longing by Gonchūnagon Masafusa. A woman stands on a mountain slope, gazing into a profound distance. Before her, a breathtaking profusion of double-flowering sakura trees are in full bloom, their blossoms a dense tapestry of textured patterns created through countless fine dots, stippling, and intricate carved clusters of pale pink and white. The true subject of the poem is made visible: emerging ethereally from the blossoms and the rising mountain mist, the faint, ghostly visage of her far-away lover is formed. His face is not solid, but rendered through subtle variations in the carving depth and delicate, translucent grey ink, making him a part of the landscape seen, but forever out of reach. The woman wears a raincoat, prepared for the mist that both obscures her view and conjures the spectral image she yearns for. The spring ambiance is a mix of joy and melancholy; the dynamic lighting of a perfect day is suggested by the high contrast between the vibrant blossoms and the deep, inked shadows, while the gathering mist is implied by areas of subtle, translucent grey ink and horizontal scoring on the block. The mood is one of bittersweet beauty and profound longing, a moment where nature mirrors the heart's deepest desire and its ultimate frustration, captured through the rich colors, graphic boldness, and exquisite texture of a masterful linocut. Ukiyo-e, linocut, key block, bold outlines, flat colors, stippling, intricate, atmospheric, high-contrast, textured, stylistic, screen-filling.
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