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Asahi sasu Rays of the morning sun Kono haru mo Later this spring
nokiba ni nabiku pierce the eaves where hana ni asobamu we shall frolic amid flowers,
shimewara ni a New Year’s straw wreath hangs, hatsuhi kage since this year’s first sunrise
suji mo sh¯oji ni as shadows of strands of willow nioeru sora zo has brightly tinged the sky
aoyagi no kage appear on sliding paper doors. sakura iro naru the color of cherry blossoms!
— SEKIYA SATOMOTO (active early 19th century), — TŌKŌSHA YONEKAZU
FROM SENJU [northeast Edo] (active early 19th century), FROM SENJU
[northeast Edo]

8 Suzuki Kiitsu (1796 – 1858)
lady Kogo playing a koto (right) and designing nature
Minamoto no nakakuni by his horse (left),
from The Tale of the Heike
(Heike monogatari), 1820s

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