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ArtistFull-screen, complete width, broad, 16:9 format of a delicate linocut with bokeh edges, rich colors, executed on rough handmade paper of poem number 51, Fujiwara no Sanekata, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "How can I tell her / How fierce my love for her is? / Will she understand / That the love I feel for her / Burns like Ibuki's fire plant?" The image shows an well-polished, ancient oak table with a bundle of dried mugwort tied with a satin ribbon. Next to the bundle of dried mugwort lies a moxibustion set. The therapy room in which the table stands is dark, only the table and the moxibustion parapernelia are well-lit. The image is rendered as an exceedingly detailed, highly symbolic zentangle-like woodcut, with strong, rich and varied colors. Extreme detail, clarity of rendering, timeless, symbolical motif combined with a classical woodcut and contemporary zentangle esthetic and masterful technique. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 51 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html). Explanation in https://100poets.com/2012/02/13/hello-i-love-you-poem-number-51/: "Mugwort was used in moxibustion, so it was burned, and this poem uses this as a symbol of his burning love."