Selection for the Seven
Immortal Poets of the Pear Chamber
(Mitate Nashitsubo nana kasen
no uchi, 見立梨壺七歌仙)
Publisher unknown
c. 1849-1853
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This series of prints of beautiful women seems to
refer to a group of Heian poets who lived in the tenth century. However, there were only five “Gentlemen of
the Pear Gardenˮ: Ônakatomi
no Yoshinobu, Minamoto no Shitagô, Kiyohara no Motosuke, Sakanoue
no Mochiki, and Ki no Tokibumi. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by
10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Description: A beauty
seated on a bench, intently reading with pigeons around her NOTE: The empty
rectangle in the right lower corner probably indicates that this example was
from a secondary publisher who removed the seal of the first publisher. |
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Description: Standing
beauty with a dog |
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Description: Beauty
holding a small animal, or possibly a doll |
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“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson,
1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. CLICK
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