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Source Description
When the ghost of the great beauty and poet Ono no Komachi asks a wandering priest (right) to pray for her soul, she is held back by the ghost of a former suitor, Shii no Shosho. He had sacrificed his life in a vain effort to prove his love and cannot bear to have her leave him again.Komachi: Would you still have me suffer The tortures of hell?Shosho: Even when we suffered them together The pains were grievous, But if you alone attain The Way of the Buddha You will add to the weight I bear Yet another cloak of sorrow, Piling grief on grief.
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Document identity
localId
26750
label
Nogaku zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26750
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nogaku zue
description
When the ghost of the great beauty and poet Ono no Komachi asks a wandering priest (right) to pray for her soul, she is held back by the ghost of a former suitor, Shii no Shosho. He had sacrificed his life in a vain effort to prove his love and cannot bear to have her leave him again.Komachi: Would you still have me suffer The tortures of hell?Shosho: Even when we suffered them together The pains were grievous, But if you alone attain The Way of the Buddha You will add to the weight I bear Yet another cloak of sorrow, Piling grief on grief.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
date
ca. 1899 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25
height
37.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 13/16 x W: 14 5/8 in. (25 x 37.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kogyo
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14996
6252
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1c1c5e81052ddc6e