Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829
The Poetess Michitsuna no Haha, from the series "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)"
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Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829Edo period (1615–1868), 1801
The Poetess Michitsuna no Haha, from the series "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)"
Chobunsai Eishi Japanese, 1756-1829 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
Edo period (1615–1868), 1801
Medium
Pages from a color woodblock-printed volume
Dimensions
24.7 × 18.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Frederick W. Gookin Collection
This poem is in the calligraphy of Toyota Ito, age 10, the elder sister of Toyota Mine, who recorded the previous poem.
Have we come to the end?
If you appeared, even in reflection,
That is what I would ask.
But on the pool of remembrance
How the water-weed has grown!
(Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)
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