{"id":758,"date":"2016-12-16T22:47:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T03:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?p=758"},"modified":"2016-12-16T22:47:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T03:47:41","slug":"winter-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2016\/12\/winter-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter approaches …"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re in the deep-freeze here in New York, just in time for winter, which officially starts next week. \u00a0The poetry of Ry\u014dkan (Japan, 18th century) calls for my attention:<\/p>\n

“Returning to my hermitage after a journey
\nto distant mountain villages;
\nAlong the fence, the last chrysanthemums linger”<\/p>\n

–translated by John Stevens<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
“Midwinter,” reduction woodcut, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re in the deep-freeze here in New York, just in time for winter, which officially starts next week. \u00a0The poetry of Ry\u014dkan (Japan, 18th century) calls for my attention: “Returning to my hermitage after a journey to distant mountain villages; Along the fence, the last chrysanthemums linger” –translated by John Stevens  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,107],"tags":[7,108,104,43,53],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-poetry","tag-art","tag-ryokan","tag-winter","tag-woodcut","tag-woods"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5zpKF-ce","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":788,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/2016\/12\/winter\/","url_meta":{"origin":758,"position":0},"title":"Winter …","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Winter--in the eleventh month Snow falls thick and fast. 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