Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 101942

Heian period tale of the nightingale in the plum tree

Artist / 作者: Kitao Shigemasa北尾重政
Date / 年代: 1795-1796
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / loc
Digital record / 画像記録: 1024 × 673 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Library of Congress
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利: No known restrictions on publication
Attribution / 表記: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Catalog note / 解説

Print shows a royal official wearing a long robe, with three attendants, standing before a plainly dressed woman outside a humble building through which a plum tree is growing. The official may be demanding that the plum tree, in which the nightingale sings, be moved to the emperor's garden.

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