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Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

c. 1793–97

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川 豊国

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.356
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Description

Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.
A woodblock print features Takigawa, a woman with light skin, in the central three-fifths. Seated and looking right, she wears a leaf-patterned white kimono and many hairpins. Japanese calligraphy appears on a fan in the upper left and above an inset of an older person in the upper right. A black stand with dishes sits in the lower right. Vertical calligraphy lines the center left and the far left margin.

Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

c. 1793–97

Utagawa Toyokuni

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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