Sesshu's Long Scroll - a poem by James McEuen

First published in Prairie Schooner (Lincoln, University of Nebraska); collected in Snake Country (Washington, DC: Word Works, 1990) © James McEuen, ISBN 0-915380-26-9. Photos: James McEuen by Michael Hauptschein; 16th century copy of Sesshu's 1491 self-portrait; excerpts from Sesshu's "Long Landscape Scroll" from The History of Art: The Art of Asia--Japanese prints http://www.all-art.org/asia/japanese_prints/japan_art65.html; koto music by Craig Sapp and Sachiko Deguchi at Koto Sound Dictionary http://koto.sapp.org/dict/.

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