Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信
Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770
The Poetess Ono no Komachi
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Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信
Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770Edo period (1615–1868), 1767/68
The Poetess Ono no Komachi
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770 →Japanese (culture or style)paintingasian art
Date
Edo period (1615–1868), 1767/68
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions
28.6 × 20.7 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Here poet Ono no Komachi stands against a blank background, dressed in the many-layered robes of a ninth-century court noblewoman. Her pose and attire come from an illustrated book by one of Suzuki Harunobu’s mentors, produced about 40 years before this print. The cherry blossoms on her outer robe are an appropriate motif; like the flowers, the poet’s legendary beauty was brilliant but fleeting.
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