Paper, violet ink, 1989, 10 х 8 cm

Belle Si-Shi lived in ancient China and until now they remember her as one of the most beautiful women. There is many stories about her.
They say that once Si-Shi had pain in the heart and one village plain girl noticed, how pretty Si-shi is when is wincing in pain; so she started to imitate her. People went away frightened and thought that this plain girl was crazy and was threatening them.
I had more than thirty graphics on various topics from books of ancient and contemporary Japan and Chinese writers. All of them were distributed to private collections, it is hard to say now where they could be.
This work is unfinished.