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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 (Eijudō) (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 x 37.4 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6714
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
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 406); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.