Kayoi Komachi, from the series 'Seven Elegant Episodes of the Poet Komachi' (Fūryū nanakomachi kayoi), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (38.7 x 26 cm), Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), The subject of 'Kayoi Komachi,' inscribed in the upper right corner of this print, refers to a tragic story from a classical Noh play. Ono no Komachi, a tenth-century poetess, promises to meet her ardent suitor Fukakusa Shōjō if he agrees to spend a hundred nights on the steps of a courtly oxcart
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Kayoi Komachi, series, Seven Elegant Episodes, Poet, Fūryū nanakomachi kayoi, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 15 1/4 x 10 1/4, 38.7 26 cm, Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829, subject, inscribed, upper right, corner, print, refers, tragic story, classical Noh, play, Ono no, Komachi, tenth-century poetess, promises, meet, ardent suitor, Fukakusa, Shōjō, if, agrees, spend, hundred nights, steps, courtly oxcart
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