Omu komachi,Shunsho Katsukawa,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Nobleman,Robe,Emperor,c1780

Title: Omu komachi
Title Translation: Parrot Komachi.
Creator(s): Katsukawa, Shunsho, 1726-1793, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1776 and 1785]
Summary: Fan-shaped print shows a nobleman wearing a long trailing robe, a counsellor for Emperor Yozei who is sitting on the right in the background, standing in front of the aged poetess Ono Komachi who is sitting outside a small building; the nobleman has delivered a poem from the Emperor to which Komachi responds by changing a single character to alter the meaning. Number 5 in the Nana Komachi series.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
From the series: Nana komachi : Seven Komachi.
From same series as FP 2 - JPD, no. 238.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Ono, Komachi,--9th cent.
Yozei,--Emperor of Japan,--868-949.
Poets--Japan--1770-1790.
Nobility--Japan--1770-1790.
Emperors--Japan--1770-1790.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--1770-1790.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1770-1790.
Bookmark /2009615339/
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