Parody of the Noh Play 'Hakurakuten', Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Prints, Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), Hakurakuten is a classic Noh play dealing with the intellectual debate on the relative attainments of Japanese and Chinese culture: has the Japanese waka poem achieved superiority over the venerated Tang Chinese poem? The play presents this debate in the form of a discussion between Bo Juyi (Hakurakuten) and Sumiyoshi Myōjin, the Japanese god of waka
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Parody, Noh Play, Hakurakuten, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1766, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 11, 27.9 cm, W, 10 1/2, 26.7, Prints, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770, classic Noh play, dealing, intellectual debate, relative attainments, Chinese culture, Japanese waka, poem, achieved, superiority, venerated Tang, Chinese, poem?, play presents, debate, form, discussion, Bo Juyi, Sumiyoshi Myōjin god, waka
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