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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kiyowara no Fukayabu,10th:A summer night on the river Sumida in Edo.The large boat is a teahouse-boat with geishas.The men in the smaller boat prepare the meal for the large boat.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kiyowara no Fukayabu,10t...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Bunya no Asayasu, 10th: Five temple-boys or pages try to steer their boat despite the strong wind. They are harvesting lotus leaves; one of the boys has a sickle on a long pole.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Bunya no Asayasu, 10th:...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto no Hitoshi),880-951:The poet walks across a narrow bank,followed by two servants; two men greet him;five boys carry freshly cut rice. Fog hides the plain.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sangi Hitoshi (Minamoto...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Atsutada,904-944:A woman scorned - the picture illustrates a ritual by which a woman wants to revenge herself on a lover by nailing a straw image to a tree. She wears a mirror around her neck.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Atsutada,904-94...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Onokatomi no Yoshinobu Ason,922-991:Sitting on a hill, the poet mourns a love as cold as the ashes of the fire in the foreground,around which lounge six imperial coachmen.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Onokatomi no Yoshinobu A...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka,954-974:Four men and two women enjoy bath and rest;two cormorants swim in the pond.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka,95...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason,972-994:Early morning, men in palanquins with drawn blinds return after a night in the red-light district.Street vendors start on their rounds.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Michinobu As...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Akazome Emon,poetess,lady-in-waiting of Empress Rinko, 10th/11th:A courtesan goes to bed in the early morning. An expected lover did not come.A servant lights her way,followed by a girl with a toilet-set in a box.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Akazome Emon,poetess,lad...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sanjo In,Emperor,1012-1016.A ritual for the full autumn moon;A priest holds a "gohei",used in Shinto rituals,an accolite offers a cup of sake.Courtiers kneel in prayer.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sanjo In,Emperor,1012-10...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Dainagon Tsunenobu,1016-1097:Autumn;wind over the rice-paddies;a Buddhist pilgrim with drum and drumstick holds his hat;men carry rice in baskets;the rice is washed in its basket in the river.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Dainagon Tsunenobu,1016-...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gontchunagon Masafusa,1041-1111:Three men in the foreground have come to admire the cherry blossoms; other visitors climb the steep path;two women fetch water.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gontchunagon Masafusa,10...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gonchunagon Sadaie,1162-1241:Burning sea-weed for salt production.Bundled seaweed is stacked;it is burnt in an oven;two women carry the ashes from the oven.Ashes are mixed with water,filtered and boiled to extract salt.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Gonchunagon Sadaie,1162-...