The studio was dark when I arrived. This was not unusual — the studio was dark whenever I arrived before the afternoon, and the afternoon was not yet here. I had left the building in the morning and I had walked to the station and I had taken the train and I had sat in the train and I had looked out the window at the city moving and I had not thought about the painting. I had thought about the train. I had thought about the particular quality of the morning light on the platform at Ueno. I had t...
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Next in Chapter 22: Kiryu layers Naples yellow on the large canvas — and walks into Hasumi's studio during the afternoon cleaning.
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