Visual Parody of Fujiwara no Teika's Poem Crossing the Sano

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Visual Parody of Fujiwara no Teika's Poem Crossing the Sano

Suzuki Harunobu

Date
1765
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper with embossing
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Calender print of the year Meiwa 2 (1765) with the numbers for the long months on the side of the bridge. Relating to a famous poem of Teika: {Koma tomete / Sode uchi harau / Kage mo nashi / Sano no watari no / Yuki no yūgure} (There's no place to stop my horse / Where I can brush snow off / From my sleeves underneath / In the snowy evening / On the bridge at Sano.) Japan, Asia

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