Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

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Abe no Nakamaro, 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　安部の仲麿」

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; 52.2 x 22.5 cm (20 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6673

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.06

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19638, 21.6672, 21.6673

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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