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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Ise,female poet,9th CE:A lady waits for her lover,her servant or daughter is with her.Workers lay tiles on the roof;in the background rice paddies.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Ise,female poet,9th CE:A...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Motoyoshi Shinno,890-943,an imperial prince:The Bay of Naniwa,in the background a harbour with ships.A lady and her servant,waiting for a lover perhaps hidden under the straw on the back of the ox.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Motoyoshi Shinno,890-943...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: A man walks up to a temple in the early morning.A servant holds two torches.The man's wife is still at home,dressing.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: A man walks up to a temp...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kan Ke (Sugawara no Michizane),844-903 CE:Uda Tenno, an emperor who abdicated,visits Mount Tamuke.The poet has not prepared a sacrifice and suggests the red sycamore leaves as an offering.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kan Ke (Sugawara no Mich...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Teishin Ko (Fujiwara no Tadahira),880-949 CE: Emperor Daigo,still a young man,is greeted by his father,Uda Tenno,who has abdicated and become a monk.Courtiers behind him could be the poet and his two sons.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Teishin Ko (Fujiwara no...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason,died 939:Winter,hunters gather around a warming fire.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Minamoto no Muneyuki Aso...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,around 920:Woodworkers sawing wood,preparing planks;on the bridge a mother with her child and the child's turtle;a fisher with his net; sycamore leaves in the river.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,aro...

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...