「風流六く歌仙紀友則　十」|“Two Young Women on a Verandah Watching Plovers,” from the series Stylish Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū rokkasen: Ki no Tomonori, jū)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Yū sareba Sao no kawara no kawakaze ni tomo madowashite chidori naku nari As evening descends on the banks of Sao River, plovers cry out, as though they’ve lost a friend in the wind across the river. [Signed] Ki no Tomonori (ca. 850–ca. 904) —Trans. John T. Carpenter

Artist

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911