Ryokan's moon

460 x 460
painting on textured card
assemblage

gauze, canvas board
cardboard box, netting, twig
acrylic paints

The thief left it behind -
the moon
at the window

This is probably hermit-monk Ryokan's most famous haiku.  He had returned home to his humble hermitage to find a thief had visited and stolen his few possessions.  But the moon!  It hung in the window, impervious to theft.  Poor thief!