{"product_id":"mg0511-yoshitoshi-i-want-to-see-my-face-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Yoshitoshi - I Want to See My Face","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsukioka Yoshitoshi \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the series \"A Collection of Desires\". \"I want to see Kao\"「見立多以盡」 「かほが見たい」\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title Mitate-tai-zukushi can be rendered as \"Eves' Wishes and Hopes are compared to and alluded to what they are acquainted with.\" Here \"Eves\" are those women and ladies of classes from high and low. Some are new women and others remain in the old profession, but hopeful to venture into their own new selves. \u003cem\u003e(Thanks to Mariko Shimizu for the translations)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWords by Moody Ten-ten-do\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eThey say a goddess of Shaman Mountains showed up\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ein a dream of King Huai the ruler of Chui\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eand pledged her love with the king of Chu; Chui and Chu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewere to fight and King Huai’s dream came true\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewhen he lost the battles. To some Chui and Chu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003esound similar and feel they don’t matter,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ebut they matter when it comes to winning and losing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eIf it rains in Shaman Mountains, the Weaving Princess\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ecannot meet her Prince.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eLikewise, my dream will not come true.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eWhen tea houses have fun loving guests for days,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ea beautiful geiko does nothing but hates rain.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eLovers split a mirror and share them to themselves to see\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ein his or her mirror his or her partner’s face.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eHer mirror, however, will not reflect his face or his arrival,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewhen she looks in it under the light of the inn eves,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewhere she waits for him.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eWhen she loses her affluent client, who can provide her\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewith new wigs and kimono, the hair ornament she has asked\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ewon’t be decorating her topknot, as the haiku of Arakida *goes:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ethe fallen blossom coming back to its bough, no it is a butterfly!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eBefore they fire an empty gun at the noon, I get ready with\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003emy make-ups and dressing-up, but I don’t feel alright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eunless I see banknotes shining in gold.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eLike worshiper of Buddha statue,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ethough I know you’d laugh at me,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eI want to look at banknotes in awe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eI think it no fun living in the world dominated by money,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ebut that is what it is to live in the greedy world.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eArakida is Arakida Moritake, who is regarded as the founder of\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ehaiku poetry. The poem by Arakida Moritake that most often\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003equoted and also is related to the context above reads:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ea falling cherry blossom\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003ereturning to its bough, I figured--\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003eno, a butterfly!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good condition, not backed. 13-1\/2\" x 9\" + Margins as shown. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1877\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inoue Shigehei\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttp:\/\/www.yoshitoshi.net\/series\/desires.html\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32600022876238,"sku":"MG0511","price":465.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/mg0511-Yoshitoshi-IWanttoSeeMyFace-japanese-woodblock-print.jpg?v=1717452797","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg0511-yoshitoshi-i-want-to-see-my-face-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}