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, 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.