Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.
I love the phrase 'oceans galore', and how different the two versions are, even though each one features the same poem, and a crab! Wonderful
ReplyDeleteYes! I'd love to be on the beach right now...
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ReplyDeletelove these crabs!
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