A Woman Composing an Ode
Artist
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Dateabout 1820
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions19.1 x 17.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.59.1954
DescriptionShe is shown seated in a room beside a low red table upon which she is resting her right elbow while holding a poem slip in her hand and turning her head to look around. Through a large round window`in the wall back ofher is a glimpse ofthe garden where a narrow stream meanders in a winding course and the autumn plants, hagi and suzuki grass are in bloom.On View
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