Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Tatum: 1842
Tuseum: Bristol Museum - Art Gallery (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Techniek: Woodblock Print
From the seriesOne Hundred Poems by One Hundred PoetsThe festival of Tanabata, on the seventh dayof the seventh month celebrates the annualreunion of the star lovers the Herdsman andthe Heavenly Weaver. They are separatedby the Milky Way for the rest of the year.This print illustrates a poem by thescholar Ōtomo no Yakamochi (about 718-785), included in the famous anthology ofthe series title.The grain of the woodblock used for thesky shows clearly here, which meansthat the print was rubbed down when theblock was brand new.
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