Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi

ca. 1795

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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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Gompachi Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki
逢身八契　権八小紫の床の通気
Title: Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1795
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: JP1440
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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