Description
Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.
Provenance
Louis Gonse; 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
1985.356
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith