Art

Death, An Appointment

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To love here on Earth,

Is indeed to prepare the way for sorrow,

for all who love must be parted,

by the great appointment.

~ From Sermons of Consolation by F.W. P. Greenwood, 1847 ~

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Wenzel von Olmutz after Master of the Housebook, The Lovers, c. 1490, engraving, Rosenwald Collection

Crow & Willow Tree

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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 柳に鴉図
Crow and Willow Tree is a painting from the Meiji period (1868-1912) by Kawanabe Kyōsai. Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on silk.
~ 1887 ~

Kawanabe Kyosai Crow and Willow tree 1887