Sumiyoshi full moon

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Sumiyoshi full moon

(Sumiyoshi no meigetsu)

 

June 1887

On a vigil at the Sumiyoshi Shrine near Osaka, the poet-courtier Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) fell asleep.  The deity of the shrine, a special patron of poets, appeared to him in a dream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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