The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)
Edo period (1615–1868), 1801
Page from a color woodblock-printed volume
24.8 × 37.5 cm (9.8 × 14.8 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
Somehow or other When I hear it, oh, the tears How they pour out! Back and forth over sleeves of moss The sweeping wind through the pines. (Translation by Andrew J. Pekarik)
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