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Omu the Parrot (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

c. 1790

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Overall: 38.2 x 26.1 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.220
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Print
A vertically oriented woodblock print in black ink depicts three figures in a landscape with a river and hills. On the left, a child in a dark floral robe carries an umbrella over their shoulder. A central woman in a striped kimono looks toward our right, beside another woman in a patterned robe. A tree frames the scene on the left, while Japanese calligraphy appears in a rectangle at top right.

Omu the Parrot (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

c. 1790

Chōbunsai Eishi

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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