Gompachi Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki, 逢身八契 権八小紫の床の通気, Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), This series involves an elaborate pun on the traditional Eight Views of Omi painting theme. Omi is both a place name and the phonetic reading of the characters for 'lovers' meetings.' In these prints, lovers made famous in joruri puppet plays and in the Kabuki theater are matched with sentiments created out of word play on each of the conventional titles of the eight scenes
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Gompachi Komurasaki no Toko Tsuki, 逢身八契 権八小紫の床の通氬 Shared Feelings, Bedchamber, Komurasaki, Gompachi, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 14 15/16, 37.9 cm, W, 10 3/16, 25.9, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, series, involves, elaborate pun, traditional Eight, Views, Omi painting, theme, Omi, place name, phonetic reading, characters, lovers, meetings, prints, famous, joruri puppet, plays, Kabuki theater, matched, sentiments created, out, word play, conventional titles, eight scenes
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