Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese

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The poem by Lady Ise (ca. 870–935) reads:
Even for a space short as a joint of tiny reed from
Naniwa's marsh,
We must never meet again in this life? This, do you ask?

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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