“The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)
A color woodblock print depicting two seated people. The person on the left is a man with a hairstyle consisting of a bun on top with a small protrusion to one side. He has on a divided robe with a checkered pattern on the lower half and a plain upper half. The person on the right is a woman wearing a peach-colored kimono with an orange inner kimono. She has black hair and a yellow accessory in her hair. The man and woman are seated on a floor with a fan. There are Japanese characters vertically aligned on the left and right sides. The background is grayish-beige.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1798
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 428 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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