Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
Not on view
This series involves an elaborate pun on the traditional Eight Views of Omi painting theme. Omi is both a place name and the phonetic reading of the characters for "lovers' meetings." In these prints, lovers made famous in joruri puppet plays and in the Kabuki theater are matched with sentiments created out of word play on each of the conventional titles of the eight scenes. This print corresponds to the "Autumn Moon at Ishiyama" scene, punning "moon" (or "tsuki") with "shared feelings" (also "tsuki").
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