The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793–97
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
- Date
- c. 1793–97
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
- Country / context
- Japan
- Movement / tradition
- Japanese art and printmaking
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Japanese art and printmaking ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
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.
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