The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 7, 2024
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
c. 1793–97
(Japanese, 1769–1825)
Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
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.- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.355