The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

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Edo period (1615–1868), 1801

Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829

This moon by which
I once faintly saw you
Now comes to rest.
In the teardrops on my sleeve
For that spring of long ago.
(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)

Status: On View, Gallery 107
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Chôbunsai Eishi
Title: The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
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.: 1795–1805
Medium: Page from a color woodblock-printed volume
Dimensions: 24.7 × 18.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection
Reference Number: 1939.1710
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