Catalog record · 目録番号 96995

One Hundred Poets and Beauties

Catalog note / 解説

"Zensei Hyakunin Shu" (At the Peak of Popularity; One Hundred Heads) The title was punned for the "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets). The beauty Hanazome? of Ebiya is playing shamisen. The blind musician, Semimaru and his poem is on the upper left inset. "Truly, this is where travellers who come and go in different ways, friends and strangers, all must meet; the gate of "Osaka no Seki".

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Ca. 1810-20s. · artelino

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