The Poet Hitomaro ☴ Kunisada ☱ Art Print mosaic the details of which would

the details of which would allow van Eyck to display his skill

his left hand forming a mudra of power with two upturned fingers from which rise a cloud of smoke

sitting in a chair by a fireplace

presents both the abstract and the natural aspects of his subject

and the plants frame the sailboats in the harbor

The Poet Hitomaro ☴ Kunisada ☱ Art Print mosaic the details of which wouldThe Poet Hitomaro at the Beach of Akashi (1832) by Utagawa Kunisada depicts the poet on the beach observing salt water gatherers under the setting sun. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 653 710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period, ranked as one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals. Portraits of the Immortals were popular in Japanese painting and woodblock prints, often displayed in temples.