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Jump to navigationJump to searchA late 18th or early 19th century jinbaori, featuring sakura patterns, and an inscribed poem reading: After bursting into bloom Flowers soon scatter But their sweet-scented Fragrance will linger Generation after generation 桜出て 花は散る...
A late 18th or early 19th century [[jinbaori]], featuring sakura patterns, and an inscribed poem reading:
After bursting into bloom
Flowers soon scatter
But their sweet-scented
Fragrance will linger
Generation after generation
桜出て
花は散るとも
香しき
匂いは世々に
残さざらめや
Metropolitan Museum, John Weber Collection.
Photo by [[User:LordAmeth]], 3 Sept 2013.
After bursting into bloom
Flowers soon scatter
But their sweet-scented
Fragrance will linger
Generation after generation
桜出て
花は散るとも
香しき
匂いは世々に
残さざらめや
Metropolitan Museum, John Weber Collection.
Photo by [[User:LordAmeth]], 3 Sept 2013.
