Poetess Ono-no-Komachi, mid 17th century, Kiyohara Yukinobu, Japanese, 1643 - 1682, 35 x 13 3/8 in. ( x cm), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 17th century, Kiyohara Yukinobu was the daughter of Kusumi Morikage and the grandniece of Tan'yu_, both renowned painters of the Kano school. While Kano school artists specialized in Chinese style brushwork and subject matter, by the 17th century they were also trained in the delicate style associated with the Tosa school, whose artists focused on indigenous themes--especially portraits of Japan's 'Immortal Poets.'

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