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ArtistFull-screen 16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 41, Mibu no Tadami, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "My name already / is bandied about with / rumors I'm in love - / though, unknown to anyone, I thought, / I had only just begun to love her!" The image shows an animated group of four young Japanese salarymen sitting at a bar counter after work, engaged in eye-winking, lighthearted banter. One of the young men cups his hand near another's ear and is whispering something. The third young man in the group is looking lovelorn at a beautiful, contemporary young Japanese woman sitting apart from the group at the other end of the L-shaped bar. She has coyly and demurely lowered her eyes. The image combines an extremely detailed, richly colored, mineral pigment technique with watercolor and is rendered according to Nihonga art principles. Deft execution, whimsical motif. Masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 41 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (https://100poets.com/2011/08/13/a-thousand-swift-swords-poem-number-41/). A contemporary take on rumors being spread about a secret admirer being in love before he confesses his love openly.