A numbered print from one of Chikanobu's historical series depicting a scene from the Tenna era (1681–84) — a brief period of the middle Tokugawa shogunate during which the great haiku poet Matsuo Basho was producing his masterworks. The Tenna era's cultural production was considerable: Basho's haiku, the development of the urban popular culture of the pleasure quarters, and the refinement of kabuki theater all characterized this moment. Chikanobu's historical beauty from the Tenna era would be costumed in the characteristic late seventeenth-century dress.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tenna era, from was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Tenna era, from depicts figures and bijin-ga.
