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.
Provenance
The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985–)
Accession Number
1985.355
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
