Kakinomoto no Hitomaro [missing title cartouche: Children Parody the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei Kodomo Rokkasen)]

• Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
• Medium: Woodblock print
• Geographical Location: Japan
• Dates: ca. 1804
• Period: Edo Period
• Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (37.0 x 25.3 cm)
• Inscriptions: Signature: Utamaro hitsu (lower right). Poetry above figures not yet translated.
• Collection: Asian Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, A518
• Accession Number: 82.191

Catalogue Description:
Elaborately garbed lovers shown seated with potted plum tree at left. Poetry above (not translated). Condition: Breaks in key block line, especially around faces of figures. paper is badly creased and colors have faded slightly. Arrived with its own mat.