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

Arts of Asia

Edo period (1615–1868), about 1771

Isoda Koryusai
Japanese, 1735–1790

Two young women walking on a dock cover their faces demurely as they encounter a man in a boat. One wears a robe with a cherry-blossom design, a flower strongly associated with Ono no Komachi, a famous ninth-century poet. The scene illustrates a poem by Komachi, inscribed in the cloud above:
I that am lonely,
Like a reed root-cut
Should a stream entice me,
Would go, I think.
(Translation by Arthur Waley)
This poem was written by Komachi when she received an invitation to leave her self-imposed seclusion. Ashamed by her aged appearance, Komachi refused

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Isoda Koryusai
Title: Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Seven Fashionable 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.: 1765–1777
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions: 26 × 19.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1939.2172
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