Poem by Chūnagon Yakamochi (Ōtomo no Yakamochi), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

DEACCESSIONED June 20, 2019

「百人一首乳母か絵説　中納言家特」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–36 (Tenpō 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ōban; 24 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1065

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #6; Ukiyo-e shūka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ōban #24.06

DescriptionNo. 6 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1065 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17678, 11.39636, 21.6722

Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Kasasagi no/ wataseru hashi ni/ oku shimo no/ shiroki o mireba/ yo zo fukenikeru
鵲の　渡せるはしに　おくしもの　しろきをみれば　夜ぞ更にける

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross