id: 152538
accession number: 1985.355
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.355
updated: 2022-01-04 17:00:43.783000
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.355
title: Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
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creation date: c. 1793-97
creation date earliest: 1793
creation date latest: 1797
current location:
creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique: Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Print
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CREATORS
* Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
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inscription: Signature: Toyokuna ga
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00
A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017
opening date: 2016-09-19T04:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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PROVENANCE
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digital description:
Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play The Parrot, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.
wall description:
Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. To the left, entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone. To the right, Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play The Parrot, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.
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