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Left: A rainy day at Komagata-do Temple inside the grounds of Sensoji in Asakusa. In the upper section of the print is a poem: Kimi wa ima / Komagata atari / hototogisu, meaning "By now, have you / reached Komagata / Oh, little cuckoo!" (translation by Ewa Machotka on page 126 of "Visual Genesis of Japanese National Identity: Hokusai's Hyakunin Isshu"). A fun detail of the print is that the word Komagata is left out of the calligraphy at the top - the assumption is that the poem is so well known that the viewer will know to insert the missing word when they are reading the text. Just in case, however, the word is included just below, above the temple door, helping the viewer to jog their memory and complete the poem.
Right: Someone called "Mameyakko" announces in the scroll held aloft that they are officially changing their name (possibly to "Chameko") from the time of the first (senjafuda group) meeting in January of Taisho 15 (1926) onwards. Their new name is repeated in the lower left corner of the panel.
Other prints in this set
- Heroic Episodes (Zodiac set)
- The Album Cover
- Colophon
- Nosatsu Memorial Stone
- Nakanocho Members
- Emperor Yūryaku and a Wild Boar
- Baba Minonokami and a Monkey
- The Soga Brothers and Rabbits
- Raigō and Mice
- Hidesato and Dragon, Kidōmaru and Ox
- Palace Roosters, Hata Tokiyoshi and Dog
- Sakubei & Goat, Hidemitsu & Horse
- Hanoshi & Tiger, Shigemori & Snake
- Komagata-do & an Announcement
- Welcome to Dr. Frederick Starr
- Tanabata and New Year's Greetings
- Military Banner, Angel, & Rabbit
- Giving Thanks & O-asa
- The back cover