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ArtistFull-screen 16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 43, Fujiwara no Atsutada, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "I have met my love. / When I compare this present / With feelings of the past, / My passion is now as if / I have never loved before." The image shows a young, pretty, dreamy-eyed, well-dressed Japanese salesgirl behind the well-lit perfume counter of a large department store, where she works. She is not concentrating on her work, but rather is leaning over the counter and is visibly contemplating a recent memory of being with her new love. The image combines an extremely detailed, richly colored, woodcut technique with watercolor and is executed in the style of Hokusai. Extreme detail, contemporary motif. Masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 43 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). According to https://100poets.com/2013/02/01/changed-ones-life-poem-number-43/, "[t]his is a classic 'morning-after' poem."