Backward Flow, 逆流,Gyakuryu Image 1

From Brushed in Light: Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema by Markus Nornes

  • This yellow-tinted intertitle from Backward Flow (Gyakuryu, Japan, 1924) renders a quote from a famous Noh play in grass style. Now such cursive writing requires special training to read: 千代のためしのかずかずに何を引かまし姫小松.

    Spreading its branches wide like a crane
    Will this himekomatsu pine tree live as long?

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