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Maker(s):Eishōsai Chōki
Culture:Japanese (active 1790s-early 1800s)
Title:Kayoi Komachi [The nightly courting of Komachi], from the series Keshiki nana Komachi [Scenes of the seven Komachi episodes]
Date Made:ca. 1800
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper; embossed lightning-pattern ground
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet/Image: 9 15/16 in x 7 1/4 in; 25.2 cm x 18.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Choki ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Keshiki Nana Komachi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kayoi / Komachi]; INSCRIPTION: recto, around the image (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.218.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical sheet with scene in a circle: a man (Fukakusa no Shosho) stands before the gate while a woman (Komachi) looks on in the courtyard. A carriage parked outside the gate..

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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