Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)
c. 1793–97
Medium
Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
37.9 × 25.4 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Accession Number
1985.355
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.