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文字絵六歌仙 「小野小町」
Ono no Komachi, from an untitled series of Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen) formed by the characters for their names
文字絵六歌仙 「小野小町」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (Bunka 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1758
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #174; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.71.3; Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), pl. 197; Inagaki, Edo no asobi-e (1988), #144; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #17.6
Signed
Katsushika Hokusai ga; Tonan sho
かつしか北斎画、図南書
かつしか北斎画、図南書
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Iro miede/ utsurou mono wa/ yo no naka no/ hito no kokoro no/ hana ni zo arikeri
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross