Kayoi Komachi, from the series 'Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi', Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), This print is one of the most exquisite ukiyo-e prints featuring women. The subject matter of 'Kayoi Komachi,' inscribed in the upper right corner, is drawn from a tragic Noh play. The poet Ono no Komachi promises to meet her ardent suitor Fukakusa Shōjō if he agrees to spend a hundred nights on the stepstool of an oxcart
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Kayoi Komachi, series, Seven Episodes, Poet, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 15 1/4, 38.7 cm, W, 10 1/8, 25.7, Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I, Japanese, 1769–1825, print, exquisite ukiyo-e, prints, featuring, women, subject matter, inscribed, upper right, corner, drawn, tragic Noh, play, poet Ono, no, Komachi, promises, meet, ardent suitor, Fukakusa, Shōjō, if, agrees, spend, hundred nights, stepstool, oxcart
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