Some works by Takato Yamamoto have been posted on diaspora*.
Most recently @Miguela put up one which is
probably an illustration for Oscar Wilde's "The Nightingale
and the Rose"
( https://diasporing.ch/posts/e8c2c5603d0d0139f28e2a0000053625 ).

The motif, however, is much older
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightingale_and_the_Rose )
and can be used as an excuse for presenting some entertaining
stuff. I will try to do it in several posts and invite others
to follow suit.

To begin with, here is a link to the article "Gol o Bolbol" in
the Encyclopaedia Iranica:
https://iranicaonline.org/articles/gol-o-bolbol .

Next time I will present some translations of
nightingale and rose verses in Hafez of Shiraz's
( https://iranicaonline.org/articles/hafez ) oeuvre.

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#encyclopaediairanica #golobolbol #hafezofshiraz #oscarwilde
#takatoyamamoto #thenightingaleandtherose