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ArtistFully wide 16:9 format of a painstakingly crafted, extremely detailed, multilayer, delicate lithograph enhanced with ink highlights to provide depth. The image is rendered in magnificent colors on rough handmade paper and shows the visuals of poem number 66, Saki no Daisōjō Gyōson, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "Let us think of each / other fondly, / O mountain cherries! / For, outside of your blossoms, / there's no one who knows my feelings." Atop a hill in a gently rolling spring landscape blooms a single, majestic, solitary mountain cherry tree, a yamazakura. The blossoms are pure white and as graceful as snowflakes. New, light green leaves peek forth between the white blossoms, enhancing the depth of the image. The rolling hills are covered with fresh grass, the sky is baby blue with puffy, white clouds. Skilled and masterful execution. Enchanting nature motif, with a hint of melancholy. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 66 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://100poets.com/2012/04/08/cherry-blossoms-in-unexpected-places-poem-number-66/). The lonely poet feels that only the mountain cherry tree knows him.