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Keisai Eisen

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera komachi), ca. 1825

Description

Maker

Title

Ono no Komachi at Sekidera (Sekidera komachi)

Year

ca. 1825

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1386

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Pleasure of Edo

March 24 - June 18, 2000

Ono no Komachi, a 9th-century court poet, was one of the Six Poetic Sages (Rokkasen). The painting of the woman at the top of the print is labeled “Sekidera Komachi,” that is, “Komachi entering the Sekidera Temple.” In Eisen’s series the seven characteristic depictions of the famed writer are instead used to portray geisha or ordinary women.

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