A print from Hokusai’s ‘100 Poems’ series demonstrates a brilliant and fully meaningful use of diagonal composition.
In an idealised Japanese landscape, Hokusai’s joyful sense of life transforms a poem about “the sadness of loneliness and of autumn signals of approaching death” into its opposite.. Story here, bottom of page.. Clue at top left of print.
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Such vividness inspires
even as leaves fall
and winters cold cleanses all
Or perhaps a more traditional 5-7-5?
Bring in the harvest!
While the forest king looks on
Red and gold turn white
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