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Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree

人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 (hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume)

A haiku by Matsuo Basho, read hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume. Old Japanese mirrors carried their decoration cast into the reverse, the side no one looks at. The plum (梅, ume) is the first tree to flower, so the spring on the back of the mirror is one that arrives every year and is never seen.
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Block Vertical VB3C
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Block Vertical VB6C
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Cursive Vertical VC6B
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Design Vertical VD3B
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Design Vertical VD3C
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Design Vertical VD6B
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Design Vertical VD6C
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree (人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Basho - On the back of the mirror, A spring unseen, A flowering plum-tree 人も見ぬ春や鏡のうらの梅 hito mo minu haru ya kagami no ura no ume Semi-Cursive Vertical VS6C

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