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A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

mid 1820s

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋 北渓

(Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing
Sheet: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.324
Location: not on view
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The poem by Ganjotei Shirataka reads: Friendly, amid the starry forest of the plum branches the voice of the warbler singing of the sun and moon.
A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

mid 1820s

Totoya Hokkei

(Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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