Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
c. 1793–97
Utagawa Toyokuni
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese Art
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793–97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.355 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Toyokuna ga Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han) Censorship Seal: kiwame
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.355
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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