Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.

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