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Aki no uchi wa While autumn lingers,
aware shiraseshi sadness in the sound
kaze no ne no of the howling winds
hageshisa sōru signals that winter
fuyu wa ki ni keri is already on its way.
— FUJIWARA NO NORINAgA
(1109–1177)

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Decorated paper attributed to Tawaraya So¯tatsu Underpainting by Tawaraya So¯tatsu (d. ca. 1640)
(d. ca. 1640) section of a poetry scroll of One Hundred Poems
Poem by fujiwara no norinaga from Collection by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu) with
of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years (Senzai underpainting of a lotus, shortly after 1615
wakashu¯) on decorated paper with design of
butterflies, early 17th century
flowers

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