Comments
Loading Dream Comments...
You must be logged in to write a comment - Log In
ArtistFull-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a Symbolistic pastel painting int he style of Odilon Redon in rich, luminous colors, executed on rough handmade paper of poem number 68, Sanjō-in, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "Though I do not want / To live on in this floating world, / If I remain here, / Let me remember only / This midnight and this moonrise." We see an older Japanese man from the side. He is floating, prostrate, in the midnight air, his eyes closed and his arms crossed peacefully on his chest. Below him, a yellow moon is rising, just peeking over the dark horizon. The colors of the image are luminous blues, whites, yellows, and, for the loose-fitting, simple clothes of the man, magenta and light blues. The highly symbolistic pastel painting shows the man and the moon in exquisite detail, whereas the background is smudged and executed many layers of rich oil pastels. Clarity of rendering, timeless, symbolical motif. Masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 68 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). Deep mdeitation and melancholy!