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The Hokko Poet Seated Upon a Crane in Flight
The Hokko Poet Seated Upon a Crane in Flight
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

The Hokko Poet Seated Upon a Crane in Flight

Artist (Japanese, flourished 1850–1882)
Dateabout 1816
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions38.1 x 51.8 cm (15 x 20 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1858
DescriptionHe holds a makimono which is nearly unrolled and a woman who is seated upon the ground below has seized the end which has dropped within her reach and is beginning to roll it up. Until he reached 61 Bunsesai's literary name was Nibun. Several odes are printed upon the field and a seal-form beside the artist's signature reads: O-butsu Sha
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