Sōjō Henjō
c. 1766
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-1305011
Two young women are ginning cotton. One runs the machine that separates the seeds from the fibers, while the other stands by with a basket full of cotton. Above them is a poem written by a Japanese Buddhist monk. The poem turns on the image of the monk’s black hair being cut when he entered the priesthood, comparing it to the color of lily seeds. In the print, cotton seeds take their place.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Ellen and Bruce Mavec, 2026.47
Registry history
- c. 1766 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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