Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
Utagawa Toyokuni
1793–1797
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.
