Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Arts of Asia

Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788

Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829
Publisher: Izumi-Ya Ichibei
Japanese, 19th century

This series of seven prints, four of which are on display in this gallery, show scenes from the life of the poet Ono no Komachi. Many of these events became the basis of Nō and Kabuki plays and were also popular subjects for visual arts. Each story illustrated in the series is identifiable from a few visual clues. Here three women doing laundry by the river stand in for Komachi; the scene alludes to an incident in which the poet washed a poetry book to wipe away altered text inserted by a rival.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Chôbunsai Eishi
Title: Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1783–1793
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.4 × 25.7 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.3099
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