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Maker(s):Chobunsai Eishi
Culture:Japanese (1756-1829)
Title:The Poetess Mikushige of Shikikenmon-In, from the series Nishikizuri Onna Sanjurokkasen [Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets in Color Prints]
Date Made:1801
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 16 in x 20 in; 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm; Sheet/Image: 9 5/8 in x 7 3/16 in; 24.4 cm x 18.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1973.203.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Poetess Mikushige of Shikikenmon-In dressed in lavish 12 layered kimono of the Heian period court ladies in bight orange, looking to the left. Originally matched with another album leave with Mikushige's poem: "If I did not expect / The same, inescapable / World of suffering / I would try to find a place / Amid the mountain crags."

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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