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Poem by Bunya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)


「百人一首うはか恵とき 文屋朝康」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirô (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26.2 x 36.7 cm (10 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.308
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #37; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.21
DescriptionNo. 37 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.1284, 11.17675, 11.41805, 21.6737, 34.308
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Shiratsuyu ni/ kaze no fukishiku/ aki no no wa/ tsuranuki tomenu/ tama zo chirikeru
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)