Intro
to 3D
Animation
Prof. Michael O'Rourke
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Yuri Norstein, segment for Winter Days
Winter Days, 2003, Directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. 36 short animations by 35 animators, illustrating 36 stanzas from a renku poem by Basho (17th century Japanese poet).
In the opening stanza, animated by Norstein, the fictional Japanese character, Chikusai, who is a sort of holy fool, meets Basho, the poet. The text of the stanza is:
In this tree-withering wind
it's Chikusai
that I resemble!