Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829
Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
INV-8693
Chobunsai Eishi
Japanese, 1756-1829Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788
Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
Chobunsai Eishi Japanese, 1756-1829 →Japanese (culture or style)printasian art
Date
Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
38.7 × 25.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
In this print, two women and a young boy have gone to Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto to view the cherry blossoms. The boy ties a slip of paper with a poem on it onto one of the trees. This image refers to a myth from Ono no Komachi’s life, in which a young woman visiting Kiyomizu Temple overhears a monk’s prayers for Komachi and leads him to the elderly poet’s house. The print’s pale coloring—confined to green, pink, yellow, and shades of gray—gives the scene a soft, lyrical quality.
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