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Jul 11, 2014
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
c. 1793–97
Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川 豊国
(Japanese, 1769–1825)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.355
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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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