Ariwara no Narihira, Hosoda Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829), Edo, about 1785, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 15-1/2 x 10-3/16 in. (image & sheet, bled to margins), Signed by artist, reads: Eishi zu (Picture by Eishi) Publisher's mark: unidentified Censor's seal: circular kiwame Inscribed: Tsuki ya aranu, haru ya mukashi no, haru naranu, waga mi hitotsu wa, moto no mi ni shite [roughly: Oh, the moon is not the same moon, nor the Spring the same Spring. Only I myself remain unchanged], series, none given, but it is one of a series of portraits of the 6 Poetic Sages, or Rokkasen, Asian Art, Rei

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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