Visiting Komachi from Modern young Komachi Yale University Art Gallery

19th century

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Dimensions: sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 in. (37.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse
Accession Number: 1953.1.58
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Mrs. Jared Kirtland Morse (Caroline Roberts Morse) (1907–1982), Cromwell, Conn.; gifted in 1953 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

George J. Lee et al., The Edo Culture in Japanese Prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 42

George J. Lee, Edo Culture in Japanese prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 42, no. 2

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Inscriptions

今様娘小町　通い小町　Imayō musume Komachi Kayoi Komachi (at upper right)\r\nA waka poem inside red square, 色見へ亭　う津らふもの盤　世の中の　人の心の　花にぞありける\r\nCensor seal: kiwame, round relief and pub;lisher's seals at low right.

Signed

Toyokuni ga 豊國画　at upper left followed by a red round seal

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