Japanese Print "Poetess and Cuckoo - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" by Toyohara Chikanobu
Artist:Toyohara Chikanobu
Title:Poetess and Cuckoo - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe
Date:1886.
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Description:
"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of Day and Night) Izumi Shikibu, a renowned poet and writer, visited Kitano Tenmangu shrine. She saw a painting of cuckoo and composed a poem. The legend said, the cuckoo sang responding to her poem.
