No. 14 of 15 · Hokusai & Hiroshige
Our Exceeding Love
Pictures by HiroshigeWords by Manyoshu
Hiroshige's The Tanabata Festival (1857) fills a summer sky with bamboo, paper streamers and festival decorations above Edo, with Mount Fuji in the distance. Inside is a Manyoshu poem from around 759 about staying hand-in-hand and face to face through a myriad ages, a love that could never end. Hiroshige was a great master of the Japanese woodblock print whose work inspired Van Gogh and Monet. For the one you love.
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Inside, it says
Though for a myriad ages we should remain hand-in-hand and face to face, our exceeding love could never come to an end. From the Manyoshu, c. 759
On the back
Hokusai (1760-1849) and Hiroshige (1797-1858) were the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print. Their waves, rain and moonlit rabbits inspired Van Gogh and Monet. The card is paired with a short Japanese poem.
