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
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

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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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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Toyokuna ga
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Senichi han)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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	remark:		

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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
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017</i>. 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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