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Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
Utagawa Toyokunic. 1793-97
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
- Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)
- Date Created: c. 1793-97
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.355
- Medium: Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Inscriptions: Signature: Toyokuna ga Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han) Censorship Seal: kiwame
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1985.355
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