April 25, 1185
The sea women held the aristocrats’ hair and horns. The child was easy to find because his kimono was shining the most. Their colors were beautiful as flowers in spring and summer.
Carefully, they peeked at the Genji samurai. They were far away on Main Island. They were walking to the East Land to establish the age of the samurai.
Holding the well-breds’ faces up, the sea women silently moved to Kyushu.
Isolated Connected Kyushu Island, page 173
Photo from Munakata document-museum
Tralee, Ireland. September 1948.
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