Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
HAMAGUCHI, Yozo 1909 - 2000 PapillonMedium:  Print: mezzotint Creation Date:  1973 With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow. Basho April’s air stirs in willow-leaves … a butterfly Floats and balances Basho Lady butterfly perfumes her wings by floating Over the orchid Basho
    the butterfly’s
soft landing…
in the tea kettle!
    morning-glories
softly floating…
in the teacup
    drinking tea alone—
every day the butterfly
stops by
    an evening spot
for calling fireflies…
planting a willow
Linda Butler Rural Japan link closing her eyes to the scattering blossoms… the doll Issa
Linda Butler Rural Japan Noh and KyÔ gen Masks, Yamagata-ken link on the year’s last night a new face for the cat… devil’s mask Issa
Linda Butler Rural Japan Tea Ceremony Kettles, Iwate-ken link veiling the face of the evening moon… smudge pot smoke Issa
Linda Butler Rural Japan link Kisa Lagoon— from an island’s shadow a rice barge Issa
Linda Butler Rural Japan link on lotus leaves this world’s dewdrops are warped Issa
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