“In the middle distance, sails were gliding like butterflies, and farther away, ships dotted the mouth of the bay between Awa and Sagami as if brushed in ink in a single flowing stroke.”
Haruo Shirane
Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900
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