Poem by Yamabe no Akahito (710-784)

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Poem by Yamabe no Akahito (710-784)
ca.1850
Japan
As the tide comes in to Waka-no-ura shore it eliminates the beach; missing the beach to stand on the cranes fly crying toward where the reeds grow
Ink on paper
7 in. x 6 3/8 in. (17.78 cm x 16.19 cm)
Gift of Captain George B. Powell, Jr., JAGC, USN
2008.52
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