Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven…

Utagawa Toyokuni • 1793

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, 1793

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Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play <em>The Parrot</em>, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.