Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by…

Katsushika Hokusai • 1835

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One…, 1835

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A priest raises a <em>gohei</em>, a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16).