Kuronushi from the series The New Six Immortal Poets

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Kuronushi from the series The New Six Immortal Poets

Chōbunsai EishiLinkedCulture matchlcp-f799399dc8a2

Date
c. 1795
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
134293

This print shows a courtesan adjusting her hairdo before a mirror as her attendant looks on. In the cartouche next to her is a poem by Ōtomo no Kuronishi, a Heian period courtier celebrated as one of the Six Immortal Poets. His portrait and name appear in the disk-shaped title cartouche. The poem reads: "Mirror Mountain / Has been raised high / To show us all / Our Lord will live a thousand years!" The poem appears in the Anthology of Ancient and Modern Verse (Kokinwakashū) with a note that it was sung at the investiture of the Emperor Daigo (885-930). Here, the courtesan could be perceived as a stand-in for the emperor, making this a rather risqué print.

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The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
Provenance
?–1956: Fanny Tewksbury King [1867–1949], Cleveland, OH, sold by her estate to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1956–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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