Catalog record · 目録番号 62094

Poetess and Cuckoo - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代: 1886
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 608 × 900 px
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル

Catalog note / 解説

"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of Day and Night) Izumi Shikibu, a renowned poet and writer, visited Kitano Tenmangu shrine. She saw a painting of cuckoo and composed a poem. The legend said, the cuckoo sang responding to her poem.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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