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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)


「百人一首うばがゑとき 伊勢」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirô (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 37.6 cm (9 5/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1228
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #19; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.13
DescriptionNo. 19 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1228 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17540, 21.6730
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Naniwa gata/ mijikaki ashi no/ fushi no ma mo/ awade kono yo o/ sugushite yo to wa
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross