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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国
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Inscription Text/Poem: [text and poem] Poem in cartouche:
Kumo no ue wa
arashi mukashi ni
kawaranedo
mishi tamadare no
uchi zo yukashiki
Nothing has changed from long ago above the clouds [the court]
yet I long for what I saw behind the curtain of beads
Another translation in Clark, Dawn of the Floating World (p. 153) reads:
The cloud-capped palace
where I lived long ago
has not changed at all;
but I saw through my bead curtains-
Yes, I think fondly of that!
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Seals: Artist's seal | toshidama; censor's seal | kiwame
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Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
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Parrot Komachi (あふむ小まち Ōmu Komachi)
from the series Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi (今やう娘七小町 Imayō musume nana Komachi)
Imayo musume nana komachi
Inscription Text/Poem: [text and poem] Poem in cartouche:
Kumo no ue wa
arashi mukashi ni
kawaranedo
mishi tamadare no
uchi zo yukashiki
Nothing has changed from long ago above the clouds [the court]
yet I long for what I saw behind the curtain of beads
Another translation in Clark, Dawn of the Floating World (p. 153) reads:
The cloud-capped palace
where I lived long ago
has not changed at all;
but I saw through my bead curtains-
Yes, I think fondly of that!
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Seals: Artist's seal | toshidama; censor's seal | kiwame