o, my balls and my word!

One final note: I came across the above image from the Japanese illustrated epic novel Satomi and the Eight “Dogs,” another beautiful work in the World Digital Library, on which the artist spent thirty years of life. But damn my ignint 21st-century-addled brain, the strongest association I have with this lovely historic print is the below terrifyingly-scored grainy viral video of a bird being snapped up and eaten by a turtle.

Weep for me and, indeed, for all of us.