Ono no Komachi, Hosoda Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829), Edo, about 1785, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 15 x 10 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: Hana no iro wa, utsuri ni kerina, itazura ni, waga mi yo ni furu, nagame seshi na ni (The blossom’s color has already faded, I aimlessly while away my life, looking out at the pouring rain), series, none given, but it is one of a series of portraits of the 6 Poetic Sages, or Rokkasen, Asian Art, Reimagined by Gibon, desi


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