The poetess Akazomeemon Akazomeemon (title on object) A series of three prints (series title) Sanban no uchi (series title on object), The poet Akazomeemon, with fan in hand, standing on a balcony with red balustrade, above which is partially drawn bamboo curtain. She was the wife of Mase Masahira, She was the wife of Mase Masahira, one of the 36 famous poets from the Heian period (794-1185). With two poems., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1827, paper, colour woodcut, h 209 mm × w 178 mm