“Gemweed on the waves Washing neither out to sea Nor in to shore: Floating all a-tangle in the tide Will my love drift on across the years?” Kokin Wasashü XI:532 Anon Seaweed I’ve never given much thought to seaweed, perhaps because I don’t dive or scuba dive. Reading about it, I’m fascinated, especially to learn how popular seaweed picking/collecting was from 1750-1840 and how often it appears in poetry and art. William Kilburn “designed a costly fabric for Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III. The design was based on different types of seaweed, printed on cotton in seven colours” (
Footnotes to a Conversation, January 10, 2022
Footnotes to a Conversation, January 10, 2022
Footnotes to a Conversation, January 10, 2022
“Gemweed on the waves Washing neither out to sea Nor in to shore: Floating all a-tangle in the tide Will my love drift on across the years?” Kokin Wasashü XI:532 Anon Seaweed I’ve never given much thought to seaweed, perhaps because I don’t dive or scuba dive. Reading about it, I’m fascinated, especially to learn how popular seaweed picking/collecting was from 1750-1840 and how often it appears in poetry and art. William Kilburn “designed a costly fabric for Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III. The design was based on different types of seaweed, printed on cotton in seven colours” (