Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 64610

Parrot Komachi

Artist / 作者: Katsukawa Shunshō勝川春章
Date / 年代: 1776-1785
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / loc
Digital record / 画像記録: 1024 × 730 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Library of Congress
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利: No known restrictions on publication
Attribution / 表記: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Catalog note / 解説

Fan-shaped print shows a nobleman wearing a long trailing robe, a counsellor for Emperor Yōzei 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.

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