Tatsuki’s interests in nature, ambiguity, and mortality are all present in this image of a young woman lying on a ground covered with fallen flower petals. She wears a colorful wedding kimono decorated with a wave pattern and mandarin ducks, which symbolize marital happiness and faithfulness. She grasps a samurai sword drawn from the sheath laying across her body. The startling image gives no clue to the events preceding it nor to those that follow.