Young Man Setting Out (Shônen kô), from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

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Young Man Setting Out (Shônen kô), from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

「詩歌写真鏡　少年行」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 51.5 x 23.5 cm (20 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6664

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.01

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19648, 21.6664

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.