Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen) 1790s Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese Each print in this series presents one of the great Six Poetic Immortals of the past in up-to-date garb. Ono no Komachi (active ca. 850) was the only woman of the six. One of her famous waka (court poems) accompanies the imaginary portrait showing Komachi in flowery Edo-style robes. The motif of ephemeral cherry blossoms in the image echoes the themes of transience in the poem: Iro miede utsurou mono wa yo no naka no hito no kokoro no hana
Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen) 1790s Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese Each print in this series presents one of the great Six Poetic Immortals of the past in up-to-date garb. Ono no Komachi (active ca. 850) was the only woman of the six. One of her famous waka (court poems) accompanies the imaginary portrait showing Komachi in flowery Edo-style robes. The motif of ephemeral cherry blossoms in the image echoes the themes of transience in the poem: Iro miede utsurou mono wa yo no naka no hito no kokoro no hana ni zo arikeruWe cannot clearly see the shifting colors as they fade—the flowersin the hearts of those we love in this fickle world of ours.—Trans. John T. Carpenter. Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen) 53655
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