Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi", Utagawa Toyokuni I, ca. 1795

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Kayoi Komachi, from the series 'Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi', Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 10 1/8 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), This print is one of the most exquisite ukiyo-e prints featuring women. The subject matter of 'Kayoi Komachi,' inscribed in the upper right corner, is drawn from a tragic Noh play. The poet Ono no Komachi promises to meet her ardent suitor Fukakusa Shōjō if he agrees to spend a hundred nights on the stepstool of an oxcart

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