6) Both of these images make reference to famous female writers. In the first, the picture of the two samurai, the top of the image is titled "One Hundred Poets, One poem" (a famous medieval collection). The small inserted image next to it is a picture of Murasaki Shikibu (978-1014), author of The Tale of Genji, with her poem, which can be roughly translated as "At last we meet again, but before I knew who it was, you vanished, like the moon behind clouds at midnight." Coincidentally, the other is a reference to the Murasaki's contemporary and rival, Sei Shōnagon (ca. 965 - ca. 1010), and HER poem in the same collection, which can be roughly translated as "Under cover of night, you feign the cock's crow, but no meeting shall be granted." In each, the relationship between the text and the image is very different. Which do you prefer? Why?
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