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The Minister Tôru (Tôru daijin), 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 融大臣」
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; 49.5 x 22.3 cm (19 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6667
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.08
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19639, 11.19645, 21.6667
See also RES.21.319, a woodblock, and RES.21.478, a modern impression taken from the block.
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.