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Poem by Jitô 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 特統天皇」
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; 25.2 x 37.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6716
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #2; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.02
DescriptionNo. 2 in the series. No publisher's mark on this impression.

MFA impressions: 06.1151, *06.1152 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17656, 11.17657 (key block), 11.37193, 21.6716, 1989.672
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Haru sugite/ natsu kinekerashi/ shirotae no/ koromo hosuchô/ Ama no kagu yama
持統天皇 春過て 夏きにけらし しろたへの 衣干てふ 天の香久山
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.