Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Arts of Asia

Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788

Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829

Legend has it that the poet Ono no Komachi became a nun in her old age and lived in seclusion near Seki Temple, northeast of Kyoto. The once-famous beauty, ashamed of her aged appearance, repeatedly refused social invitations. In a poem associated with this period, Komachi expresses her desire to drift away like a reed on a stream because of her loneliness. In a scene that alludes to the poem, two women stop to speak to a man as he passes them on a riverbank.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Chôbunsai Eishi
Title: Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, 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: 37.5 × 25 cm (14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection
Reference Number: 1939.938
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