"So, for example, in a woodcut by Katsukawa Shunsho from about 1770, a lazy-looking man appears to be snoozing on an outdoor porch, a seemingly uninteresting subject. But this is "Poet Asleep on Balcony" and the bard lies at the compositional nexus between the strong and severe architectural structure that supports his ample body and the cascading flutter of cherry blossoms."
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- bill 9-02-2004 7:45 pm