Woodblock painting, drunken men dancing for a Samisen.
Attributed to the 1890s by both the Museum of New Zealand and the Princeton Art Museum, although this time period succeeds Hokkei's death by four decades. Neither indicate that this is the time of its discovery, although Princeton does write "after Totoya Hokkei"
Mono-no-aware #物の哀れ, the very thing of #pathos, or Virgil's rerum lacrimae sunt— challenges our sense of static order, reminding that the universe is in flux, and so to appreciate, tend, and add to its beauty in each moment.
The #BlueSkyRelay #prompt for 28 October 2025 is #transience / #transient