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ALT a large hawk stands at the edge of a baseball field under a clear blue sky
ALT railway line stretching away next to a substantial stone-walled embankment topped with wintry trees
ALT view up a woodland stream, with leaf fall and mossy rocks
ALT rock face with tree in front of it, the stream running round & through the rocks -- late afternoon sun lights the treetops in the distance
ALT Shelfie from my office showing part of one of my bunkobon shelves, books on Japanese history, literature, and language
ALT view (walking back to my car at end of workday) of softly gradiented sunset sky above large building (icerink) with wispy cloud formation almost in the shape of a winged bird
ALT double-page spread from Ban Kōkei's Kinsei kijinden showing Kaji's teahouse (lower right), a few benches under simple awnings. Kaji is seated by the tea utensils at left; other activities including archery fill the rest of the scene
ALT colorful ukiyo-e print showing Gion Kaji 祇園梶 (Kaji of Gion) in the series _Kenjo reppu den_ 『賢女烈婦傳』 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Kaji is seated on one of her tea house benches looking pensive, with branches of a plum tree in bloom at the top of the image
ALT two pages from _Shōshunpō_ -- each page has an illustration of a particular plant and a related kanshi. Each illustration and poem is individually signed.
ALT another two pages from the same collection; in this one I have highlighted the artist's name and seal for the right-hand page, Gyokuran玉瀾.
ALT single monochrome woodblock printed page from _Kijin hyakunin isshu_, with portrait of poet Chitose in lower 2/3, kneeling looking pensive with a fan laid in front of her, surrounded by inscription of her poem; top 1/3 of page is filled with smaller text, a biographical note
ALT another single monochrome woodblock printed page from _Kijin Hyakunin isshu_, showing the poet Yuriko kneeling reading a book, with other booklets (part of the same work, judging from the covers) lying on the floor beside her; her poem is inscribed around her in large script. The top 1/3 of the page is all text, a biographical note.
ALT double-page spread from Ban Kōkei's Kinsei kijinden showing Kaji's teahouse (lower right), a few benches under simple awnings. Kaji is seated by the tea utensils at left; other activities including archery fill the rest of the scene
ALT colorful ukiyo-e print showing Gion Kaji 祇園梶 (Kaji of Gion) in the series _Kenjo reppu den_ 『賢女烈婦傳』 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Kaji is seated on one of her tea house benches looking pensive, with branches of a plum tree in bloom at the top of the image
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ALT single monochrome woodblock printed page from _Kijin hyakunin isshu_, with portrait of poet Chitose in lower 2/3, kneeling looking pensive with a fan laid in front of her, surrounded by inscription of her poem; top 1/3 of page is filled with smaller text, a biographical note
ALT single page from Sanba's _Keisei kijinden_ 『契情畸人伝』showing a courtesan (Chitose) with old lady attendant, and male client looking at her; two workers tend a large stove in the background