doi:10.7916/d8-wavf-8p26The Salt Water Maidens Matsukaze and MurasameSuzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770printsstill imageThe print shows two sisters, Matsukaze and Murasame, who fell in love with the courtier Ariwara no Yukihira during his exile in Suma. The women are alone, but Matzukaze, on the left, wears the courtier's hat. This object and the calligraphy of his poem highlight the sisters' longing. Included in the tenth-century poetry collection "Kokin Wakashu," Yukihira's poem expresses his feeling of loss when he was in exile, away from the life of the capital: "If anyone asks about me/ say that I am leading a lonely life while making salt in Suma." The poems's references to Suma and salt echo the image: the women carry sea water in Suma, a province famous for its salt-making.