A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

Totoya Hokkei

Date
mid 1820s
Medium
color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The poem by Ganjotei Shirataka reads: Friendly, amid the starry forest of the plum branches the voice of the warbler singing of the sun and moon.

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