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Object Type
Museum number: 1950,1111,0.3
Description: Colour woodblock print, one sheet of an oban triptych. Two beauties are seated, one holding the black courtier's cap and flat wooden sceptre (shaku) that are part of male ceremonial court costume, (here associated with the courtier and poet Otomo no Kuronushi), while a younger girl hands her a poetry slip (tanzaku). On the floor between the two women is a tray on which is an inkstone, ink stick and brushes. Above is the title 'Fashionable Six Poets' (Furyu Rokkasen), with a famous 'waka' poem by the poet priest Kisen Hoshi and another by Otomo no Kuronushi.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (歌川豊国); Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1793 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: bijin; servant/domestic worker; literature; waka
Associated names: Associated with: Kisen Hoshi (喜撰法師); Associated with: Otomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1950
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1950,1111,0.3

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