Narihira Traveling to the East (Narihira Azuma Kudari)
Artist/Culture
Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
(Japanese, 1686–1764)
Datelate 1740's
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e; ishizuri-e
Dimensions66.5 x 16.2 cm (26 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.78
DescriptionHabahiro hashira-e (wide pillar print)Label TextThe print depicts a woman mounted upon a white horse and playing a flute. This is a mitate ("likening picture") of Narihira on his eastern journey, a well-known classic subject. Above her head is a Chinese-style poem.
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