IMAGES click on the image thumbnails to get a larger copy in a new window. Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver Kiyomizudera, Kyoto Photo: Alan Tarver

When I look at your island Where the love bird dwells I see today also The andromeda blooming. Oshi no sumu Kimi ga kono shima Kyô mireba Ashibi no hana mo Saki ni keru kamo.   Mikata no Ohogimi   Manyôshuû, vol. 20, no. 5411   trans. by M.V. Otake