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Cho tonde waga mi mo chiri no tagui kana (Oh flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust)
Cho tonde waga mi mo chiri no tagui kana (Oh flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust)

Cho tonde waga mi mo chiri no tagui kana (Oh flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust)

Primary (Charlottesville, Virginia, 1890–Pacific Palisades, California, 1973)
Printer (American, active Kyoto, Japan, 1927–2007)
Date1965-1966
MediumPortfolio of twenty color woodcuts
DimensionsSheet: 21 x 18 in. (533 x 457 mm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the Estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright, 2021.88.15
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2021.88.15
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Nani kite mo utsukushiku naru tsukimi kana (No matter what we wear, we are beautiful when moon viewing)
Nani kite mo utsukushiku naru tsukimi kana (No matter what we wear, we are beautiful when moon viewing)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Waregane no hibiki mo atsushi natsu no tsuki (The sound of a cracked temple bell is also hot under a summer moon)
Waregane no hibiki mo atsushi natsu no tsuki (The sound of a cracked temple bell is also hot under a summer moon)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Aka aka to hi wa tsurenaku mo aki no kaze (Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn)
Aka aka to hi wa tsurenaku mo aki no kaze (Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Mugi maki no moryo nagaki yuhi kana (Demons sowing barley in the long rays of sunset)
Mugi maki no moryo nagaki yuhi kana (Demons sowing barley in the long rays of sunset)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Ishikawa wa kuwarari inazuma sarari kana (Stony River rippling, lightning flickering)
Ishikawa wa kuwarari inazuma sarari kana (Stony River rippling, lightning flickering)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Kisha sugite kemuri uzumaku wakaba kana (A train passes, how the smoke swirls round the young leaves)
Kisha sugite kemuri uzumaku wakaba kana (A train passes, how the smoke swirls round the young leaves)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Te no uchi ni hotaru tsumetaki hikari kana (In the hand the fire fly makes a cold brilliance)
Te no uchi ni hotaru tsumetaki hikari kana (In the hand the fire fly makes a cold brilliance)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Haru no umi hinesmosu notari notari kana (The spring sea swelling and falling all day)
Haru no umi hinesmosu notari notari kana (The spring sea swelling and falling all day)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Hanko no shajitsu henun no shigure kana (Sun beams slant on the riverbank and cold rain falls from a floating cloud)
Hanko no shajitsu henun no shigure kana (Sun beams slant on the riverbank and cold rain falls from a floating cloud)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Osoki hi no tsumorite toki mukashi kana (Slow days piling up, how distant they seem, these past times)
Osoki hi no tsumorite toki mukashi kana (Slow days piling up, how distant they seem, these past times)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Atsu kurushi midaregokoro ya rai o kiku (Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble)
Atsu kurushi midaregokoro ya rai o kiku (Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966
Hana no kumo kane wa Ueno ka Asakusa ka (A cloud of cherry blosoms; a temple bell, it is from Ueno, it is from Asakusa)
Hana no kumo kane wa Ueno ka Asakusa ka (A cloud of cherry blosoms; a temple bell, it is from Ueno, it is from Asakusa)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
1965-1966