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Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu)


百人一首のうち 「山部赤人」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1767–69 (Meiwa 4–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.3 x 19.7 cm (10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4436
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #217; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #318.4, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 264
DescriptionNo. 4 in the series.
Signed Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem by Akahito: Tago no ura ni/ uchi idete mireba/ shirotae no/ Fuji no takane ni/ yuki wa furitsutsu
「山辺赤人 田子のうらに うち出でてみれば 白たへの ふしの高根に 雪はふりつつ」
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.