Display Artist: Utagawa Kunisada Display Title: The Poet Fujiwara no Okikaze: The Actor Nakamura Baigyoku I as Umeomaru Series Title: Visual Parody of Thirty-Six Selected Poets Suite Name: Mitate sanjurokkasen no uchi Creation Date: 1852 Height: 14 1/16 in. Width: 9 5/16 in. Display Dimensions: 14 1/16 in. x 9 5/16 in. (35.72 cm x 23.65 cm) Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Franklin L. Miller Label Copy: "It was customary in Edo period Japan to greet the New Year by purifying the house with a thorough housecleaning. While sweeping and washing, the women protect their hair and clothes with cotton cloths. The screens with landscape paintings and cranes that decorate the house reveal the prevalent taste for Chinese-style art in samurai-class households such as that depicted in this scene."