“As does the pheasant, when the day ends also I, go to rest alone. Long as the cock pheasant’s tail, will the hours of my night be.”
Artwork Description: This painting began as a fluid improvisation, but soon crystallized around a 7th-century waka poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. In his verse, the poet draws a poignant parallel between the immense length of a male copper pheasant’s tail and the agonizing, seemingly never-ending passage of a night spent alone—a reflection of the long…
