"Hoshi no

Hayashi ni"

"In a forest of stars"

2009 - H880×W290

The Japanese poem on the bottom of this picture was written by "Kakinomoto no Hitomaro"about 1300 years ago.

天海丹 雲之波立

月船 星之林丹 榜隠所見

【万葉集巻第七】雑歌「詠天」

The wave of clouds stands

in the heavenly sea.

The moon boat in a forest of stars

becomes invisible from time to time.

  【From "Man Yo Shu" Book Ⅶ】

[Collection of ten thousand leaves Book Ⅶ]

"A song of the heaven" in Miscellaneous poems.