Ariwara no Narihira, Hosoda Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829), Edo, about 1785, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 15-1/2 x 10-3/16 in. (image & sheet; bled to margins), Signed by artist, reads: Eishi zu (Picture by Eishi) Publisher's mark: unidentified Censor's seal: circular kiwame Inscribed: Tsuki ya aranu, haru ya mukashi no, haru naranu, waga mi hitotsu wa, moto no mi ni shite [roughly: Oh, the moon is not the same moon, nor the Spring the same Spring. Only I myself remain unchanged], series, none given, but it is one of a series of portraits of the 6 Poetic Sages, or Rokkasen, Asian Art
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Ariwara no Narihira, Hosoda Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Edo, 1785, ink, paper, color woodblock print, 15-1/2 x 10-3/16, image & sheet, bled, margins, Signed, artist, reads, Eishi zu, Picture, Eishi, Publisher's mark, unidentified Censor's seal, circular kiwame Inscribed, Tsuki ya aranu, haru ya mukashi no, haru naranu, waga mi hitotsu wa, moto no mi ni shite, roughly, Oh, moon, nor, Spring, Spring., I myself remain unchanged, series, none given, portraits, 6 Poetic Sages, Rokkasen, Asian Art
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