Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

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Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)", c. 1820. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono.

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono · 21.3 × 18.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"
Artist: Totoya Hokkei Japanese, 1780–1850
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Dimensions: 21.3 × 18.4 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1780–1850

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.