Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (関寺小町 Sekidera komachi)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875

Title

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (関寺小町 Sekidera komachi)
from the series Seven Komachi in the Modern Style (今やう七小町Imayō nana komachi)
Seven Modern Komachi (Imayo shichi Komachi)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1825

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: Signed: Keisai Eisen ga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Publisher's seal: Sanoki
Poem: Omokage no kawarade toshi no tsumorekashi tatoe inochi ni kagiri aru tomo
Though years gone by where nothing changes, I know that life has limits

Signature: Keisai Eisen ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Sanoki; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1386

Type

Exhibition History

Courtesans of the Floating World
May 30, 1986 – Aug 30, 1986

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Tombstone

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Edo, Japan), publisher
Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (関寺小町 Sekidera komachi); from the series Seven Komachi in the Modern Style (今やう七小町Imayō nana komachi); Seven Modern Komachi (Imayo shichi Komachi), ca. 1825
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1386

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