Cleveland Museum of Art

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Date

c. 1793–97

Medium

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. The courtesan seated on the floor holds a tobacco pipe and pouch.

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