Artist’s note
“Hana yo hana nare” — be a flower, as a flower is — are the words of Hosokawa Gracia. There is sorrow in them, but her dignified, samurai way of living overlaps with the cherry blossoms that scatter without regret. Before a mountainside of blossom at Yoshino, words fail.
— Instagram, 2025
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