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Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, No. 50, from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshô; no series title on this design)


百人一首絵抄 「藤原義孝(ふじわらのよしたか) 五十番」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.3 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.2547
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #79-50; another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 196
DescriptionNo. 50 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.2547, 11.15456
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Kimi ga tame/ oshikarazarishi/ inochi sae/ nagaku mo gana to/ omoikeru ka na