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The Poetess Ono no Komachi

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Date:

Edo period (1615–1868), 1767/68

Artist:

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信
Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770

About this artwork

Here poet Ono no Komachi stands against a blank background, dressed in the many-layered robes of a ninth-century court noblewoman. Her pose and attire come from an illustrated book by one of Suzuki Harunobu’s mentors, produced about 40 years before this print. The cherry blossoms on her outer robe are an appropriate motif; like the flowers, the poet’s legendary beauty was brilliant but fleeting.

Status

On View, Gallery 107

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Title

The Poetess Ono no Komachi

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1762–1773

Medium

Color woodblock print; chuban

Dimensions

28.6 × 20.7 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.2046

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