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Hinazura of Chojiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. To the left, entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone. To the right, Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play The Parrot, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.