Title : One Hundred Poets and Beauties

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : Ca. 1810-20s.

Details : Utagawa Kunisada: One Hundred Poets and Beauties - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "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".

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