IMAGES click on the image thumbnails to get a larger copy in a new window. New Gate at Osaka Garden, Jackson Park Photo: Koichi Kobayashi Chicago, Osaka Garden at Jackson Park Photo: Sadafumi Uchiyama Chicago, Osaka Garden at Jackson Park Photo: Sadafumi Uchiyama

Although the scene At Osawa-ike is old, The same bright autumn moon Casts down its lucide light. Osawa no Ike no keshiki wa Furi yuke do Kawarazu sumeru Aki no yo tsuki   Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204)   Shinzoku kokin wakashû   trans. by M.V. Otake