Ono no Komachi, Hosoda Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829), Edo, about 1785, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 15 x 10 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: Hana no iro wa, utsuri ni kerina, itazura ni, waga mi yo ni furu, nagame seshi na ni (The blossoms color has already faded, I aimlessly while away my life, looking out at the pouring rain), 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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Ono no Komachi, Hosoda Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829, Edo, 1785, ink, paper, color woodblock print, 15 x 10, image & sheet, bled, margins, Signed, artist, reads, Eishi zu, Picture, Eishi, Publisher's mark, unidentified Censor's seal, circular kiwame Inscribed, Hana no iro wa, utsuri ni kerina, itazura ni, waga mi yo ni furu, nagame seshi na ni, blossoms color, faded, I aimlessly, away my life, looking out, pouring rain, series, none given, series, portraits, 6 Poetic Sages, Rokkasen, Asian Art
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