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A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards
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The poem by Ganjotei Shirataka reads: Friendly, amid the starry forest of the plum branches the voice of the warbler singing of the sun and moon.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards, mid 1820s. Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850). Color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing; sheet: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.324
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