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16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 28, Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "In the mountain village, / it is in winter that my loneliness / increases most, / when I think how both have dried up, / the grasses and people's visits." The image shows a remote Japanese house of antiquity on a mountain slope. Snow drifts have piled up along the outer walls and on the roof of the house. A low-ranking official of the Heian Court is peering out of the window of his house. Snowflakes whirled about by a blizzard visualize the path of the icy winds blowing. The image is carefully executed as an imaginative linocut with hand coloring in watercolor. Shades of blue, white and gray predominate, with the only touch of color being the yellow light in the window and the figure of the Japanese court official in the window. Exquisite Japanese folio.
A young girl in traditional attire sits by a wooden structure, with soft snowflakes around her. She has long black hair adorned with a red ribbon and gazes thoughtfully into the distance.
