3472193 Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), c.1709 (ink and color on gold leaf on paper) by Korin, Ogata (1658-1716); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: pair of six-panel folding screens In the Ise Stories (Ise monogatari), the story\'s protagonist, exiled from Kyoto after an affair with a high-ranking court lady, stops at Yatsuhashi, a place where a stream branches into eight channels, each with its own bridge. The sight of irises prompts him to compose a nostalgic love poem); Japanese, out of copyright.