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A work made of page from a color woodblock-printed volume.

The Poetess Ukon, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1801

Chobunsai Eishi Japanese, 1756-1829

Japan

This poem was copied by Toyota Mine, age six:

Waiting for you to
Come to me, how the months have
Past—rock shore—If I
Went out there now, would the name
Itself provoke resentment?

(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)

Page from a color woodblock-printed volume

Arts of Asia