Early Works

Mixed media artwork, 1996–1997. Japanese calligraphy on European handmade paper.

Artwork	Product Information	Notes
	000067 ki no tsurayuki no waka January 1997	紀貫之の和歌 The text is from 紀貫之 Ki no Tsurayuki 人知れず思ふ心は春霞たちいでて君が目にも見えなむ You may have changed your mind for all I know, but the plum blossoms of this village are blooming with that same heavenly scent of long ago.
	000070 aki no otozure January 1997	The Coming of Fall 秋きぬと目にはさやかに見えねとも風の音にぞおどろかれぬる古今和歌集、秋歌上、169 roughly: I can't see when Fall is coming, but I hear in the sound of the wind its approach
	000074 senju kannon bosatsu - kiriku January 1997
	000075 hana May 1997
	000082 Momiji_cropped January 1997
	000085 Shiro (Castle) January 1997 Shiro - Castle - 城
	000086 Imoto e (To My Sister) January 1997 To My Younger Sister - imouto e - 妹へ
	000087 akikaze January 1997 akikaze - 秋風 - autumn winds	秋風のふくにつけこもとはぬかなおぎの葉ならばおとはしてまし秋風の吹くにつけても訪はぬかな荻の葉ならば音はしてまし中務 roughly: Autumn winds now blow but you don't call and autumn sound the leaves of grass Lady Nakatsukasa 荻 ogi is Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus);
	000089 Amida-Kannon May 1997
	000090 Kannon Bostatsu January 1997
	000093 Benzaiten January 1997
	000094 Hiten January 1997