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Mount Miyaji moon

(Miyajiyama no tsuki)

 

November 1889

After the Hogen Rebellion in 1156, the courtier Fujiwara no Moronaga was briefly exiled to the island of Shikoku.  That autumn he consoled himself with a visit to Mt. Miyaji where the playing of his lute awakened a pair of ducks who joined him with their song.

 

 

  

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Taiso Yoshitoshi

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