Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide: Hinazuru of the Chôjiya, from an untitled series of courtesans representing the Six Poetic Imortals (Rokkasen)

遊女六歌仙　文屋康秀　「丁子屋内　雛鶴」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.6 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.626

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #258.3

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 249, Hyakunin isshu 22): Fuku kara ni/ aki no kusaki no/ shioureba/ mube yamakaze o/ arashi to iuran

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross