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Izumi Shikibu, from an untitled series of female poets


女歌仙 「和泉式部」
Attributed to: Komatsuken (Japanese)
Designer: Mokuhatsu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 20.2 x 19.1 cm (7 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6313
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #626; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 454
Signed Mokuhatsu kô (designer)
Marks Designer's seal: Shunki (?)
InscriptionsPoem: Yo no naka ni/ koi tefu iro wa/ nakaredomo/ fukaku mi ni shimu/ mono ni zo arikeru
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.