Fleeting Beauty

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Text panel with the title 'Fleeting Beauty'.
In spring rain
with a paper lantern…
little beauty

Issa

 

Fleeting Beauty

The beauties are on parade in their finery, but are they what they seem?
They use their clothes as a status symbol. Their layered kimonos are patterned with birds, flowers, trees, water and other natural motifs. These women are the celebrities of their day, but their seemingly privileged lives are a glamorous illusion.

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