File:Daruma and Courtesan Hokusai.jpg

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A mitate-e hanging scroll ukiyo-e painting by Hokusai, depicting a courtesan accompanied by Daruma.

Painted in the early 19th century, and long since entered into public domain. Reflects no creativity added on the part of the photographer.

Image uploaded by User:LordAmeth.

The inscription reads:

kimi o omou / hoka ni ichimotsu mo / naki ware o / shiri kusaru koso / urami narikeru

[signed] Unkin sekijoo gesaku

As I meditate on nothing / other than you, I'm ashamed / that you know my real mind. / Alas, not only have I lost my prick / but my ass has rotted away.

Playfully composed by Unkin at a party

Where Unkin is a pseudonym employed by Kamo no Suetaka. - Julia Meech (ed.), Designed for Pleasure, New York: Japanese Art Society of America, 2008, 151.

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