She picked up her brush.
They were only for staying.
The buyer never came. Months later, the Kyoto Museum unveiled the restored byobu : original fragments, Rika’s panel cleaned and stabilized, a new label reading “Artist Unknown, Late 20th Century — In the Style of the Edo Camellia Master.” Tsubaki Rika Kitaoka Karin
She unrolled the canvas. Karin’s breath caught. She picked up her brush
