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


「百人一首うはかゑとき 天智天皇」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (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; 26.4 x 37.6 cm (10 3/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17674
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #1; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.01
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17674, 11.30179, 21.6714, 21.6715
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Aki no ta no/ kariho no io no/ toma o arami/ waga koromode wa/ tsuyu ni nuretsutsu
天智天皇 秋の田の かりほの庵の 苫をあらみ 我衣手は つゆにぬれつゝ
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.