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| Kinto picks a plum branch in the moonlight | ||
| January 1887 | ||
| The courtier Fujiwara no Kinto (966-1041) was a celebrated poet and musician. Snow has fallen on the buildings of the imperial palace during the night and Kinto has gone out into the moonlit courtyard to admire the beauty of the scene. He is moved to compose the following verse, "In the midst of glimmering whiteness among the night’s moon shadows, I part the snow and pluck plum blossoms." |
