i know of ukyo-e as "fu-shi hui," or paintings of the floating world. the floating world, it's a term that made intuitive sense to me, but i only knew through books and paintings. i was a child of the communist era, i only knew of a china made of earth and fire, not one of water and air. but it is here now. behind doors. served up discreetly like forbidden fruits. layered with anxiety and denial. already listless and bored. facing it, i recall words and images from ancient books.
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