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Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
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Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paperUtagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)/c. 1793–97

Description

Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play The Parrot, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.

Provenance

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

37.9 × 25.4 cm

Movement / Period

Japanese Art

Accession No

1985.355

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Japanese Art • Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries