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

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

「百人一首うばがゑとき　伊勢」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirō (Eijudō) (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