Shinobugaoka moon

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Shinobugaoka moon

(Shinobugaoka no tsuki)

1889
The young samurai, Gyokuensai, is visiting Shinobugaoka, a hill in the Ueno district of Edo, to view the cherry blossoms.  He raises his sleeve as though to protect himself from a ghostly presence as the breeze blows the petals and sways the hanging robe.

 

 

 

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