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Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple

Size: 29.5cm by 22.0cm (11.61 in by 8.66 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Isoda Koryusai

Era: Pre-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 72.00£ 53.75€ 62.00

  

Description: This scene depicts two young women walking side by side along a dock, embracing one another, they modestly cover their faces in the moment they encounter a man seated inside a boat. One woman wears a robe decorated with cherry blossoms, a flower strongly associated with Ono no Komachi, a celebrated ninth-century poet.

The image illustrates a poem by Komachi, inscribed within the cloud above:

I that am lonely,
 Like a reed root-cut—
 Should a stream entice me,
 Would go, I think.
 (Translation by Arthur Waley)

The top border has crease line.

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