Sôjô Henjô, from the series Six Poetic Immortals in Modern Fashion (Imayô fûzoku Rokkasen)

「今様風俗六歌仙　僧正遍照」

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 19 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1221

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 214, #N-6-2

Signed Koryû ga
湖竜画

InscriptionsPoem (actually by Ono no Komachi): Omoitsutsu/ nureba ya hito no/ mietsuramu/ yume to shiriseba/ samezaramashi o

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross