Shikimaro | Takigawa of the Ogiya, kamuro Menami and Onami, Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style, a Set of Thirty-six
喜多川式麿 Kitagawa Shikimaro (dates unknown)
扇屋内 三十六番続き 今様女歌仙 瀬川
Takigawa of the Ogiya, kamuro Menami and Onami, from the series Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style, a Set of Thirty-six
1813
木版画 | 纵绘大判 | 38cm x 26cm
Woodblock-print | Oban tate -e | 38cm x 26cm
早期版次；颜色保存非常好；整体品相非常好
Fine impression, color and good condition
$3,800
The Thirty-Six Immortal Female Poets were a group of novelists and poets who flourished in the Imperial Court in Kyoto from the 9th to 13th Centuries in the Heian Period. With little else to do, really, women in the court excelled at various artistic endeavors, and many scholars believe this ancient period marked a zenith of Japanese poetry. They would join genial competitions and read their work, which would be celebrated throughout the subsequent centuries.
In this fine print by Kitagawa Shikimaro, about whom not a great deal is known, we see one of the poets reading her work from a scroll. The fact that many of the poets’ actual names were lost to history, scholars have said, is an indication of their marginalization in the Imperial Court (and in Japanese society in general) at the time.
The poet is wearing modern dress that would have felt current in Shikimaro’s time (around 1813). This is a device we’ll see again and again in Ukiyoe – taking something from Japan’s storied past and dressing it up for a modern audience. Her strikingly colored, multi-layered outfit, including an elaborate plumage design, is magnificent to behold.
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喜多川式麿 Kitagawa Shikimaro (dates unknown)
扇屋内 三十六番続き 今様女歌仙 瀬川
Takigawa of the Ogiya, kamuro Menami and Onami, from the series Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style, a Set of Thirty-six
1813
木版画 | 纵绘大判 | 38cm x 26cm
Woodblock-print | Oban tate -e | 38cm x 26cm
早期版次；颜色保存非常好；整体品相非常好
Fine impression, color and good condition
$3,800
The Thirty-Six Immortal Female Poets were a group of novelists and poets who flourished in the Imperial Court in Kyoto from the 9th to 13th Centuries in the Heian Period. With little else to do, really, women in the court excelled at various artistic endeavors, and many scholars believe this ancient period marked a zenith of Japanese poetry. They would join genial competitions and read their work, which would be celebrated throughout the subsequent centuries.
In this fine print by Kitagawa Shikimaro, about whom not a great deal is known, we see one of the poets reading her work from a scroll. The fact that many of the poets’ actual names were lost to history, scholars have said, is an indication of their marginalization in the Imperial Court (and in Japanese society in general) at the time.
The poet is wearing modern dress that would have felt current in Shikimaro’s time (around 1813). This is a device we’ll see again and again in Ukiyoe – taking something from Japan’s storied past and dressing it up for a modern audience. Her strikingly colored, multi-layered outfit, including an elaborate plumage design, is magnificent to behold.
Interested in purchasing?
Please contact us.
喜多川式麿 Kitagawa Shikimaro (dates unknown)
扇屋内 三十六番続き 今様女歌仙 瀬川
Takigawa of the Ogiya, kamuro Menami and Onami, from the series Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style, a Set of Thirty-six
1813
木版画 | 纵绘大判 | 38cm x 26cm
Woodblock-print | Oban tate -e | 38cm x 26cm
早期版次；颜色保存非常好；整体品相非常好
Fine impression, color and good condition
$3,800
The Thirty-Six Immortal Female Poets were a group of novelists and poets who flourished in the Imperial Court in Kyoto from the 9th to 13th Centuries in the Heian Period. With little else to do, really, women in the court excelled at various artistic endeavors, and many scholars believe this ancient period marked a zenith of Japanese poetry. They would join genial competitions and read their work, which would be celebrated throughout the subsequent centuries.
In this fine print by Kitagawa Shikimaro, about whom not a great deal is known, we see one of the poets reading her work from a scroll. The fact that many of the poets’ actual names were lost to history, scholars have said, is an indication of their marginalization in the Imperial Court (and in Japanese society in general) at the time.
The poet is wearing modern dress that would have felt current in Shikimaro’s time (around 1813). This is a device we’ll see again and again in Ukiyoe – taking something from Japan’s storied past and dressing it up for a modern audience. Her strikingly colored, multi-layered outfit, including an elaborate plumage design, is magnificent to behold.
Interested in purchasing?
Please contact us.