Li Bai (Ri Haku), 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　李白」

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; 51.6 x 23 cm (20 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.323

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.03

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17615, 21.6669, 34.323

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)