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The effect was repeated in the studio, housing depictions of water lilies “at all hours of day ... here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you, the ...

The water lily flowers are in full bloom in the pond of Mt. Gokurakuji in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The Janoike pond near the summit is filled with the pink and white blossoms ...